You are ALREADY a Church Planter
Elijah told me that he was better than his baby sister Gigi yesterday because he was older and smarter – his words not mine! Yes – we know that we have a true first born in our home. But what was so fascinating to me about his statement was how even at his young age he has caught on to the fact that we all want to draw circles around certain privileges in life. Because Elijah is 2.5 years older he wants to know what he can do that Gigi can’t. He wants to stay up later, have an extra cookie, or get an extra toy!
We tend to do the same thing in the church.
- Because someone has been in church longer than they must know more and can be in a leadership role.
- Because someone gives more than they can have more say in how the funds are spent.
- Because someone serves more they must be a more devoted follower and more spiritually mature.
We have lots of arbitrary benchmarks in the church and if we are honest we have circles that we let people in and circles that keep others out. Now – please hear my heart in this – I am a firm believer that the fruit in a person’s life is what should be a primary indicator of the best role for them to play in the body of Christ. I am not suggesting that a new believer should be an elder or lead pastor the day after their conversion, but I am concerned about how we have elevated certain roles in the body that I believe Jesus has invited all of us to participate in – one of these roles is building / planting the church. We are ALL called to extend the grace of God through the local church – we are ALL called to BE church planters.
If you are a follower of Jesus – then you are invited to build His Church. In essence you are a church planter! Maybe one of the tangible ways you can do it today is to help build this church – SOUL CITY CHURCH! We love how God is weaving so many people and stories into the fabric of Soul City Church. This is truly becoming the picture of the body of Christ building another body of believers – TOGETHER! So maybe you will never go to Soul City church – but you can be a builder of it! Take a look at this video and maybe God is inviting you at this year end – to make a new START!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! THANKS FOR PLANTING SOUL CITY CHURCH WITH US!
