As
of the time I write this, I did not receive any answers to the leader’s
questions presented last week. I hope that means some people are trusting the
leadership of the church to move our congregation forward, and that others are
either still praying about their answers and waiting for leadership meetings to
discuss. As a leader, and one trusted to
place a devotional thought each week, I will share some of my answers, in order
for you to hold me accountable.
I believe the next thing we must do is provide ways for more people to
engage with the gospel through worship and study. Within worship we need more space for people
to attend under the preaching of God’s Word.
There are two ways for this to happen, more building/property or more
services; and I am convinced that it is better stewardship to utilize our
current facilities more by offering more services. Much the same we should continue teaching the
gospel to as many people as possible through home groups, non-Sunday small
groups, and training new group leaders.
We
need God to move in such a way for us, as a congregation to truly reach our
community, Rowletts and Hart County.
Look at our church, many people drive past many other ‘community’
churches to reach Rowletts Baptist each week.
We are leaving our communities and coming to Rowletts to serve; such as
if you drive more than 5 miles to attend, like me (and I estimate 75% of the
congregation.) God places churches to
reach the community, and we must find ways to engage this community,
Rowletts.
Our Mission statement is “Rowletts Baptist is a country church that
exalts Jesus Christ, with a missionary heart dedicated to sharing the love of
Christ.” The greatest goal of any New
Testament is to exalt the scriptures, which all testify of Jesus Christ. In whatever method we use it must hold to the
scriptures, more than our personal preferences.
A missionary heart seeks to engage the lost with the gospel. If it comes to a decision toward doing
something for ourselves or reaching out of our comfort zone to the lost; we
must get out of our comfort and love the ‘unlovable.’ The greatest aspect of God’s love is His
grace to overlook our flaws and sins, which make us different from Him. Our church is diverse, and application of
this mission will be one way we are different.
Grace will be key; discernment should be used to maintain allegiance to
Christ while reaching a culture running from Him.
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