Your Church Is Missing. Does the City Care?

A blog I read regularly just pointed me to a timely article in Outreach Magazine about relationships between churches and their communities.

The article quotes a Jacksonville minister who asks: "Would the community weep if your church were to pull out of the city? Would anybody notice if you left?"

Through We Love SoFlo, The Pursuit is mobilizing the church to seek out ways to show love ... individually and serving together. We've already teamed up with the city of Pembroke Pines to help their special events department present quality events to families (Francie, on the far right, is the city's Special Event Director. We heart her big time!) And next month we'll collect school supplies for families working with Family Central.

The Pursuit is still a baby, but my earnest prayer as she grows up is that someday she would be indispensable to South Florida.

Meanwhile, with all the congregations we partner with through Fishhook, the newest question in my arsenal of discovery will now be "Would the community weep if your church were to pull out of the city?"

What about your church? Would it be missed?