Taking the Church on the Road pt. 3

Posted Wed, 10/28/2009 - 7:45pm by Matt
Moving the mission of the gospel forward through the local church means that we must work together will other gospel-centered churches in our city to see to it that our combined efforts help to mobilize missionaries throughout Greenville. 
 
One of the ways that we are intentionally doing this is by attempting to teach our congregation that the body of Christ is much bigger than our sole local congregation.  To this end, we religiously pray for other churches during our Sunday morning service.  This Sunday we took a block of our gathering time to interview other pastors in our city to discuss what God is doing in their local church and how we can pray for them.  We then took time around tables to pray for other churches that were meeting during that same hour.
 

While this is a small step, it again reinforces values in the life of our young church.  We want to train our hearts towards unity within the body of Christ and work together to take the church on the road with multiple congregations working in partnership.  What a radical change from the individualistic, us against the world, mentality that pervades the culture of many local churches.  Let’s take the church on the road together…