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Da Sheik |
I have never seen the level of cooperation that I've experienced in my current assignment. Our church partners w a couple of other churches in the community to reach common goals. It's a beautiful thing. We partner with a Methodist church who offers help for alcohol addiction. We parter with a Presbyterian church who has an effective program for all other substance abuse issues. We do a food pantry and coordinate with several other churches. Between all of us, we have almost every week covered.
This is not a church-growth strategy for us. In fact, we rarely (if ever ) see these people attend our churches respectively. But we believe we are doing something in the "highways and byways" that we couldn't achieve otherwise. And I credit these other ministers for being cooperative for the common good! We don't compromise any of our doctrinal distinctives but it is so fulfilling to see churches work together. |
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4/25/16 5:14 pm
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c6thplayer1 |
| Da Sheik wrote: | I have never seen the level of cooperation that I've experienced in my current assignment. Our church partners w a couple of other churches in the community to reach common goals. It's a beautiful thing. We partner with a Methodist church who offers help for alcohol addiction. We parter with a Presbyterian church who has an effective program for all other substance abuse issues. We do a food pantry and coordinate with several other churches. Between all of us, we have almost every week covered.
This is not a church-growth strategy for us. In fact, we rarely (if ever ) see these people attend our churches respectively. But we believe we are doing something in the "highways and byways" that we couldn't achieve otherwise. And I credit these other ministers for being cooperative for the common good! We don't compromise any of our doctrinal distinctives but it is so fulfilling to see churches work together. |
Great , do you have a board that coordinates events? |
Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology
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4/25/16 8:25 pm
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Da Sheik |
We don't have a board but all of our church secretaries communicate on a regular basis so we promote what's going on in the community. The Presbyterian church I mentioned is having a BBQ fundraiser this weekend for our local homeless shelter and I feel confident we will have several hundred from our congregation who will support (and volunteer to help ).
Next month we (churches in our alliance ) will have a musical celebration at a local park to raise money for our food pantries. The summer months tend to be more lean and we rely more on outside contributions to the food pantry. I encourage any church who is trying to start an outreach ministry to do a food pantry. You will be amazed at how your congregation will support it and it is a wonderful testimony to your community. |
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4/25/16 8:40 pm
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