Dino Rizzo is one of my favorite pastors in the country. He is an incredibe communicator and has a huge heart, but what impresses me most about Dino is that he is exactly the same one-on-one as he is on stage. Dino is a humble servant with a heart for God. Recently I got a chance to ask Dino my #1 burning quesiton about his new book, Servolution. (By the way, the book is amazing)
What is the best first step for a
church that wants to open a Dream Center?
Geoff - it’s so cool of you to take time to be a part of this tour. I’ve so appreciated your writing and the part you’ve played in making Seacoast such a great church - such a great example for us at HPC as we moved to a multi-site model. Thanks for what you do for the Kingdom.
I think one thing we did right in our journey of starting a Dream Center was to go and learn from those who were already attempting to run Dream Centers. We visited Los Angeles where Matthew Barnett is doing a phenomenal job with the LA Dream Center. We also were on the ground to help at the St. Louis Dream Center as Joyce Meyer launched it. We sent teams for several years to these places to serve and to inject the passion and culture into our family here. You’ve got to go and touch it, see it... let someone sneeze on you so you’ll catch it.
Then we started doing outreaches into the community. We went mobile to begin with and we started where we had favor. We started small and let God guide each step. Put your action behind it first, then as God grows it, the facility will become a reality. Activity precedes facilities. It isn’t about gathering a million dollars and going out to buy a building. Just get busy serving where you have favor and watch where God takes it.
I want to thank Dino for taking time to give us his insight. He will be stopping by the blog today to interact with your questions and comments, so what would you like to ask Dino?
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