I've been in Norristown for a month now. I have enjoyed tremendously my interactions with the congregation and my walks to and from work. Everytime I walk I am reminded of the reason for Calvary being where it is, a place where Christ can be brought to Norristown through the power of the Spirit and the work of the body. During one of these walks I was thinking about what or how we could reach this community. There were many words and phrases in my mind, reaching out, culture imersion, social action, etc. Evangelizing never crossed my mind until I sat here to think about my next blog! Once I thought about it in the context of what Calvary and the church as a whole should be doing, all other words and phrases fit nicely into it. See, the way I see evangelism is all of the words I wrote before but with the added benefit of Christ's blessing. We are called to evangelize, together as part of the body of Christ.That is how we will reach out to our community.
It truly is fantastic that Calvary now has a pastor who lives in the community the church is in. But, did the church hire someone to do it's work for it? Is the work of the pastor to evangelize for the church? What is the responsibility of the church? These are questions I'd love for you to think about and reply to here in the little section at the end of this blog. ( the comments section)
Just one more thing, a good friend of mine just gave a sermon that really showed me a great deal about the responsibility of the church, pastor and congregation. You can hear it here www.fbcl.com/fbcl_sermons.htm
2 comments:
good job
This is what I am always thinking, Pastors are there not to do all the work, but to help guide a church, and help put ideas into action. With the support of the church then it's possible. Its like the payit foward idea, if everyone brings 2 friends to church and then those 2 friends each bring 2 other friends can you imagine how much growth the church would have and how many people would be reached.
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