Thought Leadership

Dr. Greg is viewed as an apostolic theologian for influencing different perspectives in the following areas.

The Kingdom of God

The new wine thinking: It is new wine thinking to realize that the Kingdom of God exists here on earth; that we don’t have to wait until we get to Heaven to experience it. The Seven Mountain Mandate has focused much of the body of Christ on relying on Kingdom principles to improve earthly systems.
Where Dr. Greg moves beyond it: Dr. Greg recognizes that God is doing a new thing — establishing Kingdom culture by not only equipping saints but also releasing them to perform their own ministries, i.e., continuous acts of service. Thus, he prioritizes expanding the Kingdom of God, not fixing earthly systems.

The new wine thinking: It is new wine thinking to recognize that the apostolic gift is a contemporary gift; that there are people who operate in the office of the apostle, just as people operate in the office of the pastor. This thinking has focused our attention — and our debates — on apostles.
Where Dr. Greg moves beyond it: Dr. Greg moves beyond this thinking. He shuns the use of apostle as a noun or title and focuses on the apostolic as an action-oriented verb. Simply put, being apostolic means being sent by God to establish Kingdom culture in the environment to which we have been sent. Thus, everyone can be apostolic — not just those who have been commissioned, ordained, or appointed to be an apostle.

The new wine thinking: It is new wine thinking to interpret the five grace gifts identified in Ephesians 4:11 as leadership gifts; that effective church and ministry leadership contains these “five-fold” gifts.
Where Dr. Greg moves beyond it: Dr. Greg recognizes that Jesus gave these gifts as serving gifts, not leadership gifts. These gifts are to be exercised in service to the saints — equipping them to perform works of ministry — and in service to the body of Christ building itself up in love.

The new wine thinking: It’s new wine thinking that churches should minister outside of the four walls of the church; that the church should seek to build the community, not just its church.
Where Dr. Greg moves beyond it: Dr. Greg teaches that the four walls of the church should come down. Local churches should understand that they are individual members of the body of Christ with a part to play to grow the body. Tearing down the walls also means that when “members” of a local church have a need that is not being satisfied at their local church, they may seek to satisfy that need elsewhere in the body of Christ, e.g., from another local church.

Dr. Greg’s blogs, articles, and white papers on these four areas are collected in the Thought Leadership Hub.

Pending: published essays, articles, and white papers. Will be replaced with approved Wallace Group content before public launch.