What Ifs!

When we started North River Church we started with a bunch of "what ifs!?!" What if, no one was about to say we've never done it this way before? What if, we designed the church to hold its members to higher expectations? What if, we committed ourselves and our resources to always be concerned about those outside the walls of our church? What if, we only did programming that fit into our clearly defined process and that only helped accomplish our clearly defined goals? Now that would mean NOT starting a few things people want and expect to be started but what if we could do it? What if, we could develop members who would calendar the church first, instead of last? What if, we could raise up members who would tell the coaches of the community the priorities of their home (Assuming Christ was the priority of their home.)
Well... as we enter another fall, I'm still passionate about working to build a healthy church. I am even more convinced that the church of our community needs to change its relationship with the community. The world believes that the church is angry and hates them. We as Christ-followers cannot embrace that view but must commit to loving those whom Christ loves and HE loves everybody!