What should a church be known for? (4 critical things)
Answering the question “what should a church be known for?” is the beginning of a thought process that has the potential for growing your church. Why? Today, everyone’s faced with the availability of too much information. So, communication noise forces people to ignore anything they perceive as unimportant or irrelevant. Sadly, local churches discover their communities aren’t listening to them anymore.
Your church is known for something now. But what should a church be known for? Is your perception correct? Probably not. That’s why your church must identify what they should be known for so your community might pay attention again. Their souls could depend on it.
Sure, a Bible-focused church will eventually be known for the Gospel. But introducing spiritual things...
3 Unlikely (but Essential) Ways to Communicate Generosity
God, in scripture, demonstrates unlikely generosity. In 1 Kings, we enter Elijah’s world that was being punished with drought. The perfect time for God to shine since He loves to provide in a time of need.
Instead of God doing a miracle Himself, He introduces His prophet. God loves to use His people.
God tells Elijah to go to a distant town — out of his comfort zone. Yep. He often leads His servants there! Then the scene shifts to a widow who’s gathering sticks to make a final fire for her to cook on. And then die. What a dire situation. But this is how God wants to sustain His prophet.
In this grand scheme, He’s going to prove Himself to the...