The Mission

So, there are many important matters to be tended to in our churches like calling on the sick and tending the wounded in general within our fellowship and beyond.
But there is one major focus that is our primary mission and that is that someone's life becomes changed by the grace of God and that they decide to follow the way of Christ to make this world a better place.
Every thing else we do like worship, committee meetings, the giving of our money to God, clusters, covenant groups, conflict resolution in our churches etc, these ALL are only the means to the end, or the mission, and not the end in themselves. They should all take second place in regard to our attention as opposed to our primary attention being on our mission to change people's lives or plant the seeds that God will eventually cause to bear fruit.
In other words, we have got to keep the main thing the main thing!

So, imagine this. Someone stands up in church and says, "Hi, my name is_____________. I want you you to know that because of this church and the grace of God that my life has been changed. I want to give my life to Christ and his ways and do my part to further God's way in this world."

I pray that it might be so.