I wonder when they threw the disciples out of a city if it was head first?
We had a meeting with the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Plant City, and one of the deacons, which owns a building downtown that is up for rent. It was to be a formality on the way to finalizing the rental agreement, but once we got into the meeting we soon realized that they were going to deny our request to rent this building. The reason was they wanted us to succeed, and they didn't think that was possible for us to do if we were so close to the "Biggest Church in town" why we would just be "in their shadow", and they wouldn't want that to "damage our chance of being successful".
The Problem is this, they measure success the same way the world does, and we measure it, not by numbers, but by growth in the lives of those in which the Lord brings us to teach, and Shepard.
Kingdom on earth building is a cancer that has swept our "Churches", and I pray that we will repent from such nonsense, and realize that it is the Lord that builds His Church, and If we are five blocks away, or ten miles away, there are many , many Lost, and many Christians that will not go to a Church like that. The fact is I know many people that will not go into one of these mega complex Churches, for the simple fact that they are not willing to deal with the plastic smiles (to their face), and dirty looks (behind their backs).
We had a meeting with the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Plant City, and one of the deacons, which owns a building downtown that is up for rent. It was to be a formality on the way to finalizing the rental agreement, but once we got into the meeting we soon realized that they were going to deny our request to rent this building. The reason was they wanted us to succeed, and they didn't think that was possible for us to do if we were so close to the "Biggest Church in town" why we would just be "in their shadow", and they wouldn't want that to "damage our chance of being successful".
The Problem is this, they measure success the same way the world does, and we measure it, not by numbers, but by growth in the lives of those in which the Lord brings us to teach, and Shepard.
Kingdom on earth building is a cancer that has swept our "Churches", and I pray that we will repent from such nonsense, and realize that it is the Lord that builds His Church, and If we are five blocks away, or ten miles away, there are many , many Lost, and many Christians that will not go to a Church like that. The fact is I know many people that will not go into one of these mega complex Churches, for the simple fact that they are not willing to deal with the plastic smiles (to their face), and dirty looks (behind their backs).
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