Political Symposium II: The Question That Must Be Asked

As I read stories from what is happening in local churches across the nation, from all the bad news to the good, perhaps the greatest single question I feel compelled to ask is this:

How can local churches make the biggest difference?

Why that question?

Over the last 30 years of American evangelical Christianity, there has been, in some ways, an outsized focus on “changing the world.”

And while I absolutely believe in that, and while that is a big part of why we are a part of a global spiritual family like Every Nation, sometimes that kind of focus can lead to unhealthy outcomes:

  • a focus on numerical growth at all costs
  • an unintentional ignorance of how well the local church and people are doing
  • an underlying pride that comes from imagining any one church has more impact and reach than it does
  • ends justifying the means in ministry models

These, in turn, can lead to:

  • lack of accountability in leadership
  • outsized egos
  • playing fast and loose with finances

… the list goes on, all in the name of “changing the world.”

It was a wake-up call to me a number of years ago to come to terms with the reality that while I may never completely “change the world,” I can really affect the city in which I live through shaping and serving the lives of those in the church I help to lead.

A church, I believe, can therefore make the biggest difference by acknowledging that the biggest difference it will make, and the largest influence it will most likely ever have, is in its own city… simply by being (by God’s grace) a great local church, and allow God to take that where He will.

And to that end, I’d like to invite you to a special night:

Our second, and final, Political Symposium. Call it…Vol 2.

Based on my current doctoral research, I’d like to show you the numbers behind a particular story: the story of who Mosaic is and why being a multiethnic, multigenerational church really, really matters.

At this symposium, you will see:

  • Results from nearly 500 survey takers about their political feelings and leanings at Mosaic
  • Challenges we all face in navigating being a unified people
  • Unique best practices for maintaining Scriptural unity in the midst of political diversity gathered from surveys, focus groups, and conversations with pastors across the country.

Along with table talk and some Q and A, I hope you come away encouraged about how this local church really is the “Bethlehem” of Ruth 4: that no matter how things are “out there,” “in here” God is at work to bring people around a common Savior for the glory of His name, not ours.

It’s free, but seats are limited. I’d love to see you there on the Friday before the election.

And, yes, we *may have* chosen the date on purpose. 🙂

Morgan



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