Dallas Willard once asked

This is another letter to our home church community. We have the situation right now that we've grown in numbers to about 50 people. We can't really house more people since we meet in a home on Sunday. So several of us are asking ourselves and eachother what do we do next. I know there is atleast one person that is thinking about leaving the core group and startng another one with one or more families. I don't personally think that's the best idea for that family or the group at large but I don't know anything better either. I do think that as we mature God will reveal his plan to us.

If you are interested in more information about how we do church, drop me a line. john@historicfuture.com.
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411


Dear Church Family,


When I think about our community I am awestruck (like that other definition of fear of God.) I am excited for the future, thrill with the present and happy about our past. A question rolling around in many of our heads these days is what we do if 4 more families join us. I believe that as our maturity as individual believers and as a community increases, God’s choice for handling numeric growth will become self evident. Growth in maturity allows for successful growth in numbers (sometimes.)

"When do you suppose was the last time any group of believers or church of any kind or level had a meeting of its officials in which the topic for discussion and action was how they were going to teach their people actually to do the specific things Jesus said?" Dallas Willard

Yep I ripped this right off of Bish Blog.

The question is a bit skewed since in our community the “officials” and “their people” are the same all brothers and sisters in Christ. But it is a good question to ask ourselves. How do we teach ourselves to actually do what Jesus told us to do and what he modeled? In so doing, we answer both the questions about numeric and spiritual growth.

Peace,

-John