What would happen if like minded churches decided to combine their assets and resources together in order that they could minister more effectively to the local community?
What would happen if we placed effectiveness of ministry and outreach above our commitments to denominational loyalty?
What could like minded churches do for the Kingdom of God together that they couldn't do separately on their own?
I know what the Book of Order says about who owns the property and the asset of a congregation. But if local churches could do greater ministry together in a post-denominational, post-Christian world, than in isolation, then what is keeping us from pursuing this vision?
We are already living in a non-Christian majority world who distrusts the church and sees the church as irrelevant. Could it be that God's new work in our communities will begin with the local churches coming together for the sake of Jesus Christ? That when the local churches start to live into the vision of a church that is greater than the local church, that the communities would begin experiencing a renewal and revival?
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