Culture Changers!

We used to see mobilization of people as recruiting more people to do something in the church. If we can get 50 people to attend prayer meeting and 25 to go on visitation, then we have mobilized the people. We must redefine mobilization as empowering people to see themselves as God’s ministers and making connections with the people in their community. Talk about reaching our full potential. Imagine several hundred ministers from your church taking ownership and responsibility of people all over your community. Imagine them working with the Holy Spirit to move people toward Christ by their testimony and lifestyle. Now that’s what I call mobilization! This new understanding of old concepts will change the culture of our church. After all, isn’t that what we are called to do? We are culture changers. This is what Christ did when He was on this earth. The culture of His day was primarily religious with the hierarchy and hypocrisy that so often accompanies it. Christ came and changed the culture to one of relationship and genuine reality. He faced much opposition but with the help of the Holy Spirit was able to accomplish what He came to do. He changed the culture. Through Connecting Points God is helping us change the culture around us by changing the culture of our churches. It cannot happen overnight. Connecting Points is a process, not a program. We don’t need another program. We need the process of the Holy Spirit to work His plan in us. Once the people in our church begin to make connections with people in the community, we can help them get connected to God and each other. We know this is happening when we see the pulpit becoming the equipping place, the pews becoming the ministers, and the community becoming our congregation. Connecting Points is designed to make this happen.