KEEPING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING

What is the purpose of the Church?

From time to time an outward focused church needs to stop and ask that question. If not the church can subtly veer from its mission. It can slip from being missional to maintenance as we begin majoring in keeping doing what we have been doing lately.

The purpose question also requires a parallel one --- Whose church is it? As we invest our time, our energy, our resources in the ministry of the church we also subtly develop a mentality of "my church" or "our church" instead of this God's church. Even churches engaged in an outward focused mission can plant the seeds of failure to live out its purpose when it ceases to consciously and continuously see itself as God's church - the Body of Christ!