Crossroads Community Church

Long range planning is not my forte.  I always feel like I have to predict the future and God never gave me a crystal ball when He was handing out leadership gifts.  Our long range planning team has met twice now.  Though it is not an easy task we begin with our foundation.  What is our mission, vision and values as a church?  What are the unique strengths God has given us?  God has blessed us with a great foundation to build on for the future.  The temptation in setting goals is similar to the temptation we encounter in our work place: “fix the areas where you are week”.

We intentionally started last meeting by trying to build on an area of our strength.  God has used Crossroads to reach people who are far from God.  He has done that consistently throughout our history.  How can we build on that to do even more in the area of evangelism.  Future meetings will cover other areas for growth but this meeting would focus  on reaching the unchurched of our community.  There was much lively conversation throughout the evening.  We ended with some rapid fire practical ideas from each person in the room.  Though still in the early stages these ideas may develop into something more.

• Every person in our church be ready to give an account (testimony) at a moments notice.
• Coaching clinic for all of our moms and dads out there coaching kids in our community.
• Mentors ready to connect with new believers/attenders and help them become a part of our family.
• Become students of our community.  Find out more about the needs and challenges of the people we rub shoulders with every day.
• Evangelism training–with homework!
• Follow-up teams that are proactive in building relationships.
• Spend time with my neighbors–maybe even cancel church or church activities once in a while so that we can spend more time with our neighbors!
• Mobilize our seniors.

Share your ideas here on the blog!