Community

Interesting sermon over at Lord of Life Church today.

Pastor Burt Garwood talked about Missional Community.

Mission and community must go together.

Mission without community has no passing on of work.
That means that there can be work but if community is not built, then the work fails to continue.

Community without mission is just a clique.
A group of believers without a mission to reach out into the world outside is just a social club.

A social club can add new members and grow but without mission there is no growth. By that I mean that hearts are not changed.

The Pastor also talked about the concept of Gather and Deploy.

We gather to worship and then deploy to serve others.

Good sermon.