If your church closed its doors tomorrow, who would really miss you and why?

January 26, 2007 in Growing Strategies with 2 Comments

The question was prompted by John’s excellent post regarding Gap at Brand Autopsy. John cited three questions from Mavericks at Work (one of three books I’m currently reading). Here are the questions retooled for ministries. We should probably be asking ourselves:

1. Does my church provide such a unique experience and ministry to our community that it can’t be provided nearly as well by any other organization?

2. Has my church created a place to serve that’s so dynamic that most employees or volunteers would be hard-pressed to find a similar environment somewhere else?

3. Has my church forged a uniquely emotional (dare I say spiritual?) connection with guests that other organizations can’t replicate?

So, would anyone miss your church? Why?

2 Responses to “If your church closed its doors tomorrow, who would really miss you and why?”

  1. Darrell Jordan January 26, 2007 at 9:56 am #

    This was the exact question our leadership at Southland Christian asked themselves awhile back and the answer they came up with was not good. So we have come up with a huge community service project we are calling “Circles of Influence” Over the next couple of years we are opening three free health clinics, going into two schools to help and being more involved in other community agencies. You can see more at http://www.southlandchristian.org/news/277/4275

    dj

  2. mike p January 26, 2007 at 10:01 am #

    Tony,

    This is exactly the reason that I continually check out your blog – you challenge me and make me move that bar “just a little higher”…

    We’re praying about a project right now that will take us “outside the walls” even more than we already are. Now that the idea has surfaced it would be wrong not to follow through. How can we not do all we can to IMPACT the communities God has placed us in?

    I’m really looking forward to you moving to S.C. (we’re in Southeast N.C.); we hope that we’ll be able to personally benefit by you being “in our region”. Thanks, man!