People
tend to think of churches as brick and mortar buildings. “We worship there Sunday mornings, the youth group
returns after supper, and the women meet on Wednesday.” But God isn’t concerned
with buildings. Buildings will wear out and fall down in a couple hundred years
anyway.
What God
really wants is for you to get in the game, to get in on the mission, to impact
His Kingdom for eternity. Follow the example of the believers when they first
came together in Acts 2. Together, they were working on the mission they had been
given: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.” Matthew 28:19 They were sharing the Good News
with everyone. Think about it - they had a mission, but no church, no building.
In spite of that, it all seemed to work. 3000 new believers were baptized in
the Acts 2 story.
Don’t get
me wrong - buildings can facilitate our ministry by giving the community a
place to gather, worship and hear God’s word. But the church building is just
that – something that supports our mission and facilitates our work for the
Lord. A building might be helpful as we work our mission, but it is not the
destination.
Here are
some questions to consider:
1. Are
church buildings good things, or bad things?
a) Should you contribute to the “building
fund?”
2. Is it
better to be a church with no mission, or a mission with no church?
3. Does the
church where you worship have:
a) a building?
b) a mission?
c) both?
Answers
next week. Blessings as you walk with the Lord this week!
Norton
Lawellin
Sunday, April 21, guest
teacher Dan Pilla explains how to feed 5k people with 5 loaves and a couple of
fish. 10:30am, Jesus in the City Fellowship (JICF), in the North end of the
Oliver Ministry Building, 27th Street & Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis. See you at
church!
NL
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