Everyone wants to be relevant in ministry, but no body asks “are we IRRELEVANT?” If you were, how would you know? Who would you ask? By what measure would you be satisfactorily convinced that the ministry you are working in is not really connecting with those who are in need of God’s grace. If some people show up Sunday, does that make you relevant? If a newspaper writes about your church, does that count? What about if you hold a concert or a conference?
How about this…. What if the neighborhood or city in which your church exists doesn’t know that you exist? There was a church within walking distance from where I lived and the only thing I knew about them was that they had preschool registration open — evidently that was the most important sign they felt compelled to put out on a very busy street.
Here is my commitment - I am not going to just ‘do ministry’. What I do for Christ needs to have traction in every day life… and not just on the preschool open registration level.
How about your church; are you making a difference in the different cross sectors of your community?
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