Be The Fruit

Focus on churching the area.

by Bill Blair on 27/06/08 at 8:46 am

I was looking back through my notes from my Personal Evangelism class I had this past semester with Dr. O’Neal here in Nashville, and one thing stood out from my notes that I am not sure many people get.  It was this:

“Concentrate on churching the area, not building the biggest church in the area.”

How does that thought change our focus?

How cool would it be to have like-minded churches support each other in their efforts to impact communities instead of each one drawing small pieces away which dilutes the Kingdom impact?

If the focus is on churching an area instead of building a bigger church, then larger churches may want to invest in and support a young pastor with finances and knowledge in his efforts to plant a church in a nearby area.  If the focus is on building a bigger church then the larger church would focus on drawing people in from such area and thus take away from such a young pastor’s impact.

This thought has been on my mind, so I thought I would share it with you.  It just seems like we are all too focused on having bigger churches instead of having a bigger Church (universal).

Anybody have any thoughts on this?