One of the things that we need to remember is that God loves His church.  If we are not careful we can begin to think that we have it all figured out and become very critical and judgmental of other churches.  When you are being blessed with church growth you need to remember to keep it all in perspective.  Look for ways to bless the other churches in your area.  At all of our meetings we take a moment to pray for all the churches in our area that are preaching the Word of God.  We do that because we are also praying for a revival to sweep our area.  When we receive the answer to that prayer, it will take a community of healthy churches to be able to handle what takes place.

This week we are joining with other local churches and doing a “Gospel Explosion” at an outdoor venue.  About a dozen churches will be bringing their worship teams and doing a series of 30 minute concerts.  This will be a good way to demonstrate a sense of unity among the churches and to encourage and bless one another.    It should also be a good venue for some of the churches to be able to attract some new people to their churches.  At our church we have decided to keep a very low profile and not try and promote our church.  At our church, we try and practice what we preach on Church Growth Consulting and we are currently being very blessed in the “church growth” area, so we will purposely be promoting the other churches instead of our own.  Most of the churches will have a booth where they can tell people about what thier church has to offer.  We have decided not to have a booth so that we can encourage people to attend some of the other churches.  Our hope is that this event will be a great way to bless the whole church.