Sunday, March 14, 2010

serving the city part 3

I've been answering the question, "Why must the Church be a serving community in the city?"

Third, the Church must serve the community because of Jesus.

We are called to follow and imitate Jesus Christ.

Jesus gave up Heaven and came to our neighborhood in the flesh. He was incarnational, and so must we be.

He spent his life serving and sacrificing. He even said, "the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve." (Matthew 20:28)

Reading the Gospels, you see that Jesus did not wait for people to come to him in the synagogues, but he was out on the streets healing, talking, eating with, engaging people.

God is a sending, missional God. He sent his son, and He sends us, too.

"Change the conversation. Instead of 'how big is your church?' or "what programs do you have?', how about, 'Tell me about the difference your church is making in your community?' 'What is happening in your community because of your church?'" Swanson and Rusaw, The Externally Focused Church

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