Creating a Secure CHURCH
PART 3 : Secure in Ministry
Chapter 12 : A Light to the Word
12.6 And So?
At the end of a chapter like this, remembering we are still talking about a secure church, questions we might ask are:
- Do we feel confident in being God’s children, confident in the Gospel, confident in the knowledge that we have the answers that the world needs?
- As a local church, do we have a strategy for reaching out with the good news, whether it be short term or long term?
- Have we thought through accessibility to our church for people from outside?
- Do we feel confident in the gifts that God has given us, confident that they are adequate for the things He gives us to do?
- Do we have access to the people around us who don’t know Jesus? How extensive or limited is that? Do we want to change that?
- Is our light genuinely shining to those round about us, so that they see our goodness being expressed in a variety of ways?
- Do our neighbours feel comfortable with us, realising we are a source of knowledge of God and that we can be turned to for help in times of trouble?
