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A Challenge for Older Churches That Are Growing

// January 19th, 2008 // Uncategorized

Our church is over 40 years old and we have just exploded with growth in the last 10 years.  This has been due to major shifts in thinking and developing a vision for reaching those who do not go to church at all.

Having made an impact on previously unchurched people, we constantly have to remind ourselves that these folks have no spiritual education whatsoever.  That means we have to choose our language appropriately and explain things more than if we had a more "been going to church forever" kind of audience.

It also means we need to hit all the topics…expecially the ones we think are givens having been in church forever.   And sometimes, those things we THINK are givens are really just manmade and simply not truth.

As we talked here yesterday, it really means embracing and carrying forward the best of the old and taking on the challenges that come with the fresh new views and ideas of those unencumbered by years in church.

Does this make sense?  For those of you who’ve "always been in church," how have you had to flex in order to be effective to those who’ve never been?  For those of you relatively new to church, how are you learning from those of us that have been around awhile?  What can we do better?

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