Becoming a Church They Don't Want to Leave

Originally published here - Vibrant Faith Articles.

I’m telling this story backwards. Stay with me… I’m moving. Again. People who know me are laughing. When we bought our condo three years ago I declared: “This is it, we’re home. I’m never moving again.”

Now this will be the sixth time my husband and I have moved since February 2017. It started out as an adventure.

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...Why do I share all of this? Because, as church leaders, I want you to think about what it means to be a church that people don’t want to leave. What does it mean to be a community that nourishes its souls to the extent that they will grieve if they have to leave? A place that lifts up the gospel every Sunday as a call to action in the world today, as a call to find our meaning and purpose in this world as we bring about the Kingdom of God on earth. To be a faith community in which people are transformed. A place where people come to heal and to help heal one another.
So, here my five takeaways for church leaders, as I discern what it is that makes this community so special...

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