Re-imagining Church
What if...? I've been asking myself that question since I left the church of my youth. It's taken me years to get over the church I attended for the first 18 years of my life. Sadly, most of those I grew up with in that church, have left the church and have never returned.
What if church was more than something you "attend" and "endure" for an hour or so on a weekend?
What if church was more than a building you walk into?
What if church was a movement...a group of Jesus-like people who penetrated the world and did Jesus-like stuff?
What if churches measured their success not by the number of people sitting in the pews, but by the number of people serving the community by being the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus today?
That kind of church would "smell good" to those on the outside. With God's help, that's the kind of church we're trying to build at Crossroads.
What if church was more than something you "attend" and "endure" for an hour or so on a weekend?
What if church was more than a building you walk into?
What if church was a movement...a group of Jesus-like people who penetrated the world and did Jesus-like stuff?
What if churches measured their success not by the number of people sitting in the pews, but by the number of people serving the community by being the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus today?
That kind of church would "smell good" to those on the outside. With God's help, that's the kind of church we're trying to build at Crossroads.
posted by Pastor Phil Print at 12:43 PM
1 Comments:
Hello Phil,
I stumbled on your blog today, and it's intriguing me. I understand about wanting the church to "smell good" to those on the outside, because that's what I want as well.
I've also read Bill Hybell's Too Busy to Pray, and have similar issues. Somehow, even when I intentionally try to put pray reminders in front of me, I seem to forget to pray about my big issues.
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