Sweet 16!

We had 16 in attendance yesterday morning at Grace Pointe, with services being followed by a wonderful meal being cooked by Rosemary, Ron, and Jessica (who baked cookies!!!!)

I preached on the make-up of community, illustrating what a church should be doing from Acts 2:38-42. We'll wrap up the community series next Sunday with mission work from Acts 13. We'll then shift gears and the message series will be "Hope" in April, being built around Easter.

Community

I'm starting a new series on Community this week at Grace Pointe. The aim will be to teach the group what they have in common and why it is important to be an active member in the church. The goal is to lead us to the point that we'll be prepared to do outreach emphasis in April, plus bring us one more step toward organization.

There are some misconceptions about organization. I know about these misconceptions because I once had them. The basis for organizing a church is not on whether it can support itself financially, or on how many people attend on Sunday morning. The basis for organizing a church should be whether the membership understands the concept of their covenanted relationship, plus the doctrinal stability of the group. Granted, I think a church should be able to support themselves, or at least, come close to it, before organization... but I don't think having the building note paid off should be the goal before organization. Furthermore, I don't think all support should cease at organization.

Just my thoughts. What are yours?