post by Carol Hiskes
Yesterday's message (Pastor Bob) from the 'Everyday Heroes' series at Faith reminded us that we are the hands and feet of Christ. The local church is called to be more than just a bunch of people who worship together on Sunday.
U-Turn Ministries exists to help churches turn around and become all that God desires them to be. The U-Turn Church Conference shares Faith Church's experiences during our U-Turn. But yesterday was a great reminder that we are called to be more than awesome worship experiences and great fellowship opportunities. Those things are important but we can't stop there.
We should regularly question our hearts. Do we desire a U-Turn Church experience just to put more numbers on the rolls? or to have more impressive worship services? or to be 'better and bigger' than the other churches?
God's desire for all of our churches is so much bigger than that. While it is important to bring more folks into the fold, it's not for our glory, or even the glory of our local church. It's for HIS glory and HIS church universal.
Don't get too caught up in the busyness of the U-Turn experience that you forget the goal. The goal is beyond your local church.
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