Last time I posted I teased you with the concept of “who” we are after as a church.

You may be surprised to hear that Crossroads gets a lot of criticism from other churches in the area…..or, maybe your not surprised by that.

Essentially what it comes down to is fear.

When a new church pops up and people start flocking to it, and a buzz starts about it, Pastors get afraid that their people may leave and go there too. The knee jerk reaction is to begin to criticize what they are doing and why they may or may not be wrong in their “worship” or “teaching.”

Instead of checking it out for themselves, it apparently makes more sense to glean information from someone who went there “once” just to check it out. Sit back and listen to their story of how wrong it was with the “reeeeeeaaallllllly?….” type reaction. Essentially, gossip.

You see, Churches and Pastors are very territorial. It’s almost inherent, and I totally get it. I often feel slighted or hurt if I hear someone left our church for another one. It happens often….people leave. But we have to get to a realization that sometimes we aren’t a fit for some people instead of wrapping our arms around our territory and growling at all trespassers.

SO,……Here’s where we are at folks. Are you ready? Cause I am going to lay it on ya….

Crossroads Church is NOT looking to steal Christians from other churches.

Crossroads Church is NOT trying to create a worship service that is “comfy” for the believer, so he can just come and sit every Sunday morning without being challenged by the Gospel.

Crossroads Church is NOT trying to please Christians. Especially Christians who are not already invested in our vision.

Crossroads Church is NOT concerned with how a Christian thinks church should “look, sound, or feel.”

So, now your thinking,… “Uh….Joe. Pardon my confusion, but why does it seem like you have no interest in Christians coming to your church…. I mean, you’re a church…..why don’t you want to make it a nice, pleasant and attractive place for Jesus People to come too?”

Answer-

BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW JESUS.

So, Pastor of “XYZ Church of Jesus”….. RELAX. We are not interested in your church members. We want the lost. The broken. The hurting……the poor in spirit. We want those who don’t know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior.

I encourage you to continue in your passion for Christ and keep doing what you are doing!! If you need help, give us a call…..we have already helped a lot of other churches in the area with technical and media stuff. And we will help you too……We are all one body, just different parts….. And we are ALL necessary, and need each other!

God Bless you and your work!!!

~jfm3~

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