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Co-Missional Church

From Rev Gav

Thanks Tim. It was written a while back and I tend to throw a lot of mud at walls and see what sticks. I posted it up as a challenge to myself to not ‘settle’ but continually be prodded to seek God’s leading.

I must admit that I’m not 100% comfortable being a leader in ‘traditional’ church and push it as far as it can go, and I’m not blind to the fact that I can easily and likely be operating under my own agenda and not God’s.

Right now, I’m under pressure to embark on another large capital campaign to fund building repairs and part of me can’t help but wonder if spending vast sums of money on bricks and mortar is ethically the right thing to do – especially a vast barn of a building, beautiful as it is, that is pretty much only open or used for 2% of the time.

Does a church need walls or a locus for worship? I’m guessing the answer is mixed. Ultimately though, I just want people to know God’s love and connect – to encounter Jesus and be sustained in that encounter – and I guess that is what is driving me to develop this small community. x