The church was the most effective during its first 300 year,
before it had an address. One great advantage the Para ministries have in the
area of mission is that they rarely depend on their addresses or facilities.
The ministry impact of most Churches, on the other hand, tends to be defined by
their addresses and facilitie
Para organizations have a history of strategizing to reach
various people groups on the fly. They are not slowed down by buildings, they
are passion-based, not location/facility based. Para organizations do not need
to provide collective worship and edification to be authentic. Therefore they
can travel like Wesley did, “lean and mean.”
Our experience on church staffs has taught us that it takes
a huge investment for churches to accommodate their ministries, especially
their children’s ministries. And the children’s ministries may be the most
important ministry that a church has, so it is a good investment. While
churches have seen the value of well-developed children’s ministries, they
seldom see the value of well developed ministries to the hundred plus people
groups in the U.S. But the good news is that churches do not have to start from
scratch to reach the people groups, there are already good organizations in
place, and we just need to travel with them.
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