What is a missional church?

Last night our Missional Church team met to talk about ways that we could reach out to our community with the love of Christ in tangible ways. Several ideas were put on the table. They ranged from a neighborhood cleanup to distributing tomato plants or potted plants to the residents. We talked about a car wash or giving away hot dogs and soda on July 4th for the fireworks show as as a way to show our hospitality.

The idea is to come up with either one or two large events or several small things that we can do over time to make our presence known in the community. We talked about the fact that the goal of our missional team wasn't straightforward evangelism as we know it. We weren't going out to get people to join the church. Our goal is to get out into the neighborhood to develop relationships with our neighbors and to let them know that we care about our neighborhood and the people who live next door to our church.

The truth is that many people have a different idea about church and religion than we do. They look at us as either judgmental, hypocritical or just plain weird. We want to change the stereotype and let them see that we are just like them. The only difference between us is that we know and love Jesus.

When we gave away the Winter Survival Kits in January we took our first step. Now we want to build on that. If you have any ideas, please share them with us. Our next meeting will be on Monday, March 30th at 7:00 p.m.

Cal