Church Planting FuelBox

George Barna when he was here recently asked the question “what business are we in?” It’s a great question. Are we in the evangelism business? Or are we in the discipleship business? Are we in the social justice business? Are we in the church business?

I think we are in the transformation business. We are in the business of transforming our world. That means the people, the culture, the secular realm, everything!! Now if we are in the transformation business and it is our core business, do all the things that we do support our core business? Does the way we do ministry support the fact that transformation is our core business? And what about church planting? Does the way we plant churches support the view that we are in the transformation business?

I like the question, and I like my answer, but I am not sure that I have even remotely begun to understand what it looks like. If I pass every ministry task and operation through the grid of “does this bring transformation?” what gets through and what gets cut? What feeds transformation? What is it’s seedbed? What are the elements of transformation? Is community a key component? I’ll keep thinking, feel free to join in.