Outside of the Church

I’ve been in a struggle.  This week, I’d like to take you on a journey my family and I have been on for the past couple of years.

I serve in a local church.  I love the local church, and I fully support the mission my church lives to fulfill.  However, how do we take this great message of hope and salvation, and move it outside of our church walls? And more specifically, how do we do it as a family outside of our homes? I’d like to evaluate the different reasons that Church leaders should be investing in their communities on an individual level.

Before talking about any of this, I believe it’s important to talk about what the church is.  For me, I sincerely believe that:

• The Church is the vehicle that takes God’s plan for salvation to the world at-large.
• The Church is the greatest organization to bring about true life-giving relationships in the world.
• The Church should be the greatest collective effort of believers to reach the community in which it resides.
• The Church is strong relevant, and growing!

 Why be involved in your local community, when your church does so much already?