One Advantage of the Para church Approach is: There Is No Address

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.