Poll: What Would You Change About Your Church?
Submitted by James Higginbotham on January 17, 2008 – 5:20 pmOne Comment
What would you change about:
- How your church ministers to those in your community (poor, needy, hurting)?
- How your church disciples new believers in your church?
- How your church meets the needs of those battling addiction (drugs, alcohol, pornography, gossip, etc) in your church?
- How your church meets the needs of the spiritually mature in your church (i.e. those very familiar with the Bible and who have heard every story from the pastor at least twice)?
Post a comment on any or all of the questions above and let me know what you would do if you had total freedom and authority to make any changes to how your church impacts others.
Feel free to post any success stories as well, as I’d love to hear what is working for your church in one or more of these areas.
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How about, how my church operates as a community. To those who are on the ‘in’ it may seem like a community. But, that’s maybe 10% of the regular attenders. Church isn’t a building, it isn’t a worship service, and it isn’t a place we go. It’s the people of Christ.
I would change it to a faith community where real conversations happen all the time, where people grow in their faith through the week, and where their lives become a ministry to others rather than an organized event by a few elected leaders.
Just my 2 cents on my particular situation… it happens to be exactly what the church is working on right now, too.