Comments on: Is Church Important Enough To Close Its Doors?

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Gena — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:09:55 +0000

Nate, I understand your concern about the idea

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Gena — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:09:33 +0000

those on the streets always have a place for rest and reflection and prayer.

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By: Kate Frances

Kate Frances — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:45:29 +0000

Your site is inspring, and so are your reflections on going outside the church into the streets. Here’s my question: why can’t we leave the church doorsopen 24/7 so that those on the streets always have a place for rest and reflection and prayer.

Is this possible?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:31:50 +0000

Our similarly sized church did this exact thing last year. Being very new to the church as well as a businessman, I was impressed with (among other things) the amount of faith it must have taken the church to forgo the offering for a week. I was delighted to see that the next week’s offering was pretty much double the usual number, but distinctly remember my awe at the fact that the church so trusted God’s provision they were willing to do this.

Nate, I understand your concern about the idea, however I think you’ll agree that what Christians should be doing and what they are doing are often two different things. I think many Christians know they should be serving, but they really don’t know how to start. When our church did this, there was a lot of focus put on the different ways we can serve our community. And by doing it instead of church services as opposed to some random Tuesday, it eliminated another big excuse – I just don’t have the time. Hopefully, it eliminated that excuse just long enough to get people excited enough about serving to actually find the time to do so. As far as broadcasting it publicly – doing so generated quite a bit of interest in our community. It seemed to have served as a gentle reminder to other Christians of the need to serve. And I believe it may have caused some who viewed Christianity with a skeptical eye to take a closer look. I think publicly sending a few thousand people out to serve the community makes a pretty bold statement.

By: nate

nate — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:16:09 +0000

I doubt anyone disagree that change is incremental and that there has to be a starting point. I just don't believe this was the right point of beginning, or that it was necessary to broadcast via an outdoor and public marque. nate’s last blog post..Get in the Game.