4. Transcend things that divide.
When people of all races, political persuasions, cultural backgrounds, social-economic statuses, ethnicities and sensibilities are worshipping and serving in unity, we will have something for export!
5. Affirm spirituality.
We believe Christ was born of a virgin, he performed actual miracles, he arose from the dead and will return for his church.
We believe God forgives sin, heals broken hearts and that the Creator of the cosmos wants to be in relationship with the likes of you and me.
No asterisks.
No apologies.
6. Challenge materialism.
The idea that more things will make you happy is a lie. The idea that the purpose of serving God is to get you more things is an even worse lie.
The church must not only refrain from buying into the false god of materialism, but offer a different template entirely. In Christ’s Kingdom we become great through service, gain wealth by giving and live by dying to ourselves.
7. Do great good.
By feeding the hungry, providing relief from natural disasters and reaching out to the disenfranchised, we invite the inhabitants of this new world to rethink church.
I believe evangelism in the next 10 years will be as much inviting people who don’t yet know Jesus to serve with us as it will be inviting them to worship with us.
There is much speculation as to whether the church will have a significant role in this new world and my response is, “It could.” Learning to do new things in new ways is a risk, but the single greatest risk in this new world is acting like we are still in the old one.
