
What should a church be? There
are differing opinions regarding an
answer to the question. What if I
asked you what kind of church do you
not want to be? Sometimes looking at
the same thing from a different
perspective can help bring clarity
to the issue. GracePointe doesn’t
want to be certain things. What are
a few of those things? I am glad you
asked.
We don’t want to be an institution.
Institutions are stationary. They
are concerned with the status quo.
They create burdens and end up
serving self.
We don’t want to be boring. The
gospel is the most exciting news in
the history of mankind. Our God is
the most interesting person in all
of existence. Enough said.
We don’t want to be fake. Deceptive,
manipulative, superficial and
hypocritical is fake. We want to be
REAL.
There are a few more things that we
don’t want to be, but I will leave
those for another time. These are
the ones that presently come to
mind.
Grace,
Chris