The Missional Center
The plan for a Christian church is much more than an association of congenial friends who listen once a week to an intellectual discourse and musical entertainment and carry on by proxy a mechanism of Christian work.
But rather, it is a church that can be at once:
1. The mother and home of every form of help and blessing which Jesus came to give to lost and suffering people.
2. The birthplace and the home of souls
3. The fountain of healing and cleansing.
4. The sheltering home for the orphan and distressed.
5. The school for the culture and training of God’s children.
6. The armory where they are equipped for the battle of the Lord and the army which fights those battles in His name.
Such a center of population in this sad and sinful world!
-- A. B. Simpson, slightly edited from A Larger Christian Life
But rather, it is a church that can be at once:
1. The mother and home of every form of help and blessing which Jesus came to give to lost and suffering people.
2. The birthplace and the home of souls
3. The fountain of healing and cleansing.
4. The sheltering home for the orphan and distressed.
5. The school for the culture and training of God’s children.
6. The armory where they are equipped for the battle of the Lord and the army which fights those battles in His name.
Such a center of population in this sad and sinful world!
-- A. B. Simpson, slightly edited from A Larger Christian Life
I received a greater blessing this morning while drinking my coffee and reading the local newspaper than attending Sunday service. An article on Lent really inspired and comforted me.
ReplyDeleteIt was about several churches coming together and realizing they are ALL on the SAME MISSION.
All thoughts about different denominations were absent.
When will my denominational leaders get this?
Blessed in southern warmth.