The other day I flew into Dallas and needed to get on the
121 freeway, I could see it, but for the life of me I could not figure out how
to get on it. I could see it, but all I did was circle around it wondering how
to get on it. Have you ever had that happen? Many leaders in the church have
had to deal with a person coming with a great idea for a ministry, only to
realize they have no idea or knowledge of how to do it. Just buy a book it will
tell you how to do small groups, evangelism, discipleship, etc.right? No!
If those same leaders ignore the pressure for success for a
moment; and look outside the walls of their churches, they will see a huge
number of organizations already in place.
You name the target group and there are Christian organizations
positioned to minister to them, prisoners, addicts, mothers of preschoolers,
motorcycle riders, athletes, internationals and the list just goes on and on.
The Freeways are in place, we just have to know what roads
connect with them. And unlike the
freeways in most American cities these ministry freeways are not crowded at
all. They have far more capacity to
engage lay ministers with their target group than they are now using. The
biggest mission challenge of the 21st century church is to connect
with the current ministry freeways. The freeways are the fast track to
unleashing the ministry passions of millions of church members.
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