Mobile Ministry Magazine

I was reading through RSS feeds when I noticed a post talking about the church's response to the rising gas prices. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't see much wrong with that posting, nor with what some churches are doing to get people to fellowship in the mist of this. I just wonder if there is a solution towards things that we've kind of missed a bit.

After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. (Luke 10:1-3 KJV)

There are a few ways to look at a crisis such as this. Either we have to continue in the ways that we are used to, and make every effort to continue what we know. Or, we take the situation as a chance to do something different and effect change differently.

What I have seen (in the USA) has been much more of the former and not enough of the latter. Innovation in these times looks like carpooling, cell groups replacing Sunday services except for once a month, and localized community outreach. There is more than enough ability with the Internet and communication technologies to fill in the gaps until the crisis is no more, or if it is more, we are effectively going out into our communities and becoming an agent of Christ, changing an apparent crisis into an opportunity.

Think about it like this: you have an opportunity to drive less, walk more, and team up with believers in your immediate vicinity for the sake of demonstrating Christ. Do you really need to continue driving 20 miles to church instead of literally being His sheep amongst the wolves that also appear in a time of crisis?

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