I was called to start a mission, not a church. There is a difference.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.
It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church.
The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel.
A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.
If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.
While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.
Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.
The Lord called me to plant a church.
I always felt God had called me to serve within the church because of what the church stands for. This has always been home.