My friend Anne Jackson over at Flowerdust pointed to a post from Adam yesterday that I think really calls out churches on whether or not they are truly missional. It’s focused on how a church community interacts with it’s own local community. See what your think.
If you have a building, offer a public bathroom and shower that’s open to whomever needs it during your office hours. Ask every attendee to get in the habit of bringing a canned food item to church every week. Then start a food pantry that’s open a couple days a week for people to drop in. Buy things for the church from local suppliers. Avoid the big box (probably cheaper) stores for ones that support a local company. Encourage your church attendees to do the same. Encourage people who go out to lunch after church to be generous with tipping servers and conscious of how long they are staying. You want wait staffs to desire the church crowd, they are avoiding it at all costs now.
There are more suggestions and lots more to think about, here. What do you think?
Is your church community really engaged in living the missio Dei?
My friend Anne Jackson over at Flowerdust pointed to a post from Adam yesterday that I think really calls out churches on whether or not they are truly missional. It’s focused on how a church community interacts with it’s own local community. See what your think.
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