I have received a number of emails and comments regarding my last blog entry. Mostly from people taking ownership of my criticisms of the “church at large.” Meaning, when I described the “churchy” people in my last blog entry, some people felt like it was aimed at them….

I feel the need to clarify.

If you are the kind of person who goes to a church simply to be “fed” and could care less about whether or not that church is reaching the lost, which is God’s greatest “job” for us, His people, to be doing…… Then you are one of those “churchy” people.

If loving a non-believer enough to change your worship style is going “too far”….. Then you are one of those “churchy” people.

If your main goal as a Christian is to “find a good church home” and simply attend on Sundays, then you are one of those “churchy” people.

If you feeling welcome and “comfortable” sitting in the pew is more important than a person who DOESN’T KNOW CHRIST feeling welcome and comfortable, then you are one of those “churchy” people.

If you would prefer to go to a church that you would NEVER invite an un-saved coworker too, then you are one of those “churchy” people.

AND…if your idea of going to church on Sunday is to BE SERVED rather than TO SERVE, then you are most definitely one of those “churchy” people and you may as well head on down the road. Cause at Crossroads, we have one goal, one mission, one desire,….and that’s to do what GOD called EVERY CHRISTIAN to do…. “Go out and COMPEL them to come in”

I was told recently that we here at Crossroads are only interested in “getting people in the door.” To which I replied, “YEP.”

We can’t preach Jesus at them if we can’t get them in the door!!

Next time I will talk about “who” we are after as a church. You may be surprised….you may not.

Till then.

~jfm3~

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