After a long few months of studying up on multi-site ministries, analyzing the possibilities of my church and another local church merging together to do multi-site ministry, communicating the exciting possibilities of this new adventure to a congregation of 3800, and then waiting to see if they would vote to join in this new adventure, I must say I’m tired.
And I must say that I’m sorry I’ve neglected this blog!
But now, out of the proverbial ashes of late night meetings and early morning meetings and mid-day meetings and meetings in my dreams, rises a splendid phoenix of new ministry frontiers (and also a few minutes to eek out some blog posts!). A driving force for this new adventure is the need that both our churches have to reach the increasingly unchurched population in the Fox Valley. So we’re searching ourselves & our community trying to understand how we can uniquely connect people with the love of Jesus! And this leads to my question for you all today…
Question of the week:
How do you describe your church when you ask someone to go to church with you?
In other words, what is it about your church that excites you, that you’re proud of, or that you think a ‘non-churchy’ person might appreciate or enjoy?
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Even though our church is large, it doesn’t feel or act like you might think. You will always have a cheerful greeting at the door, and if you have not been there before many people will welcome you and make you feel part of the family quickly. We have three terrific pastors. Each one a great preacher and full of love and compassion. Most importantly, for those that know a little about God’s love, you can know you will hear both law and Gospel, every week. I think I just learned why I love our church so much. Of course we have group fun activities for everyone’s taste.
I describe my home church as “a real church for real people”. Its the only way to describe it. Every week we learn straight from the Bible – no “personal opinions” from our Pastors. If it isn’t in the Bible our Pastors dont teach it. I have been to so many churches that tell me how to live and its nice to have a church that tells me how the Bible says I should live.