eeny meeny miny.......we pick YOU!
When we are dreaming for the future of TXC, the people that are at the forefront of our minds are those who are far from God...not the Christians. It's not that we don't think about those who are already following Jesus and contributing to our church...we love them and try our best to invest in them as much as we know how right now. Our goal is to equip those that follow Jesus to be about reconnecting others to Jesus. We aren't Christians to live a fat and happy life with Jesus on our own, taking everything we can for ourselves...our faith isn't private. (I'll post more on this later)
But here's our reasoning...
If some of our methods offend a Christian, they're still going to be a Christian if they leave our church. Now, if we do something that offends a Christian to the point that they are ready to call it quits on God all together, then we need to make it right. We will also try to avoid that at all costs.
However, if our methods offend someone who doesn't follow Jesus, they may never come back. And for us, that is unacceptable. Where the Christian can skip down the street to the next church on the corner, the person who isn't connected to Jesus may never give Him another shot. We aren't going to soften our message just so that people will like us, but we will adapt our methods on a regular basis in order to more effectively reconnect others to Jesus.
So if it comes down to choosing who we focus on, we choose those who aren't connected to Jesus...everytime.
But here's our reasoning...
If some of our methods offend a Christian, they're still going to be a Christian if they leave our church. Now, if we do something that offends a Christian to the point that they are ready to call it quits on God all together, then we need to make it right. We will also try to avoid that at all costs.
However, if our methods offend someone who doesn't follow Jesus, they may never come back. And for us, that is unacceptable. Where the Christian can skip down the street to the next church on the corner, the person who isn't connected to Jesus may never give Him another shot. We aren't going to soften our message just so that people will like us, but we will adapt our methods on a regular basis in order to more effectively reconnect others to Jesus.
So if it comes down to choosing who we focus on, we choose those who aren't connected to Jesus...everytime.
