I love architecture. I love historic buildings. I looooove exploring big old churches. So no, I'm not complaining that we build big buildings.
But why are they empty 6 out of 7 days? Okay, 5 out of 7 for those with Wednesday night programs... Still, most of the time, other than at most a few staffers and at worst whatever insects let themselves in, NO ONE is there! We build a lot of houses for God but then only visit once a week - if convenient.
This. Is. Dumb.
This. Is. Wrong.
This. Doesn't. Have. To. Be.
In a world absolutely starving for spiritual food and desperately seeking solutions to the same age old problems, we are sitting on a gold mine and a powder keg - and refuse to open either one. Meet the needs - roll up the sleeves - SERVE - and see what happens when we show them the Spirit moving in us.
We DO have the time. We DO have the money and we most certainly DO have the resources. What we don't have is the sense to put the horse in front of the cart. You make money in this world best by finding the need and filling it - Early Christianity Marketing 101. There are sooooo many needs and sooo many of us sitting in the pews that CAN meet them and CAN make a difference...
But we sit in big empty buildings.
It's time to change. First on the knee, then up with those shirt sleeves.
But why are they empty 6 out of 7 days? Okay, 5 out of 7 for those with Wednesday night programs... Still, most of the time, other than at most a few staffers and at worst whatever insects let themselves in, NO ONE is there! We build a lot of houses for God but then only visit once a week - if convenient.
This. Is. Dumb.
This. Is. Wrong.
This. Doesn't. Have. To. Be.
In a world absolutely starving for spiritual food and desperately seeking solutions to the same age old problems, we are sitting on a gold mine and a powder keg - and refuse to open either one. Meet the needs - roll up the sleeves - SERVE - and see what happens when we show them the Spirit moving in us.
We DO have the time. We DO have the money and we most certainly DO have the resources. What we don't have is the sense to put the horse in front of the cart. You make money in this world best by finding the need and filling it - Early Christianity Marketing 101. There are sooooo many needs and sooo many of us sitting in the pews that CAN meet them and CAN make a difference...
But we sit in big empty buildings.
It's time to change. First on the knee, then up with those shirt sleeves.
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