Discipleship or Evangelistic...
That's what someone asked me once what our focus was at our Sunday gatherings.
My reply - both!
I'm not sure how you can be one or the other and be a gospel central church.
If you are just discipleship focused, it can turn into a "Feed me!" fest with a bunch of "obese" Christians walking around with all the answers. When a guest visits, everything is over their heads and they don't see how anything applies to them.
If you are just evangelistic, you will end up with a bunch of shallow Christians that don't know the Bible.
Our goal on Sundays is to disciple people to be outward focused with their faith. We want those that follow Jesus to see that their faith is not for them. It's so easy to think this and then do everything we can to feel good about everything in our lives. It just doesn't work that way. Following Jesus is hard at the best of times!
We view our gatherings as a time for equipping missionaries to live in the culture throughout the week. That our faith doesn't end with us...we are supposed to be a catalyst that continues the process.
Does it always work seamlessly? Hardly. But we're determined to be both.
My reply - both!
I'm not sure how you can be one or the other and be a gospel central church.
If you are just discipleship focused, it can turn into a "Feed me!" fest with a bunch of "obese" Christians walking around with all the answers. When a guest visits, everything is over their heads and they don't see how anything applies to them.
If you are just evangelistic, you will end up with a bunch of shallow Christians that don't know the Bible.
Our goal on Sundays is to disciple people to be outward focused with their faith. We want those that follow Jesus to see that their faith is not for them. It's so easy to think this and then do everything we can to feel good about everything in our lives. It just doesn't work that way. Following Jesus is hard at the best of times!
We view our gatherings as a time for equipping missionaries to live in the culture throughout the week. That our faith doesn't end with us...we are supposed to be a catalyst that continues the process.
Does it always work seamlessly? Hardly. But we're determined to be both.
