I remember a church that applied for a grant to tranform their congregation. They wanted $10,000 for a new church sign. If only they had a new sign people would come . . .
On this Reformation Day, we might believe that Reformation involves incorporating a screen in worship or lighting candles or beating drums. But what really transforms a congregation is a change of heart, a change of perspective. Maybe we once worried about Doing the Cool Thing or Doing the Media Thing or Doing the New Thing. But what really reforms and transforms a congregation involves changing our perspective, changing our paradigms, changing our priorities.
What if we shifted from the usual worries about the ABCs – Attendance, Building, and Cash. And we focussed on the NOPs – The Neighborhood, Organization, and Paradigm Shift? I’m seeing amazing Reformation.
A Church for Starving Artists 