Church topic.

Someone once wisely said, “The health of a church is not in
its seating capacity but its sending capacity”.

I believe in this quote and pray that Churches will take this message to
heart in their mission statement. The sending capacity that is spoken about
here concerns the sending of Missionaries to serve. The mission field in my
opinion is not limited to just a overseas setting but across the street
to your neighboor or across the cubicle to your co-worker. Having served
and will be serving in a overseas setting, I believe the world needs to hear
about Jesus. Missions involves a team approach and no one, including
me, should be sent out by themselves. Churches need to step up and support
their missionaries with financial, prayer, and emotional support if the
Great Commission needs to be fulfilled. In my case, the two churches I
attend have aggreed to pray for me before, during, and after my trip to
China. Several people I know (and love) have supported me with financial
donations so that I may have the honor of represetning them in a classroom
full of Chinese students. In closing, a seating capacity in a Church is a novel
idea but the sending capacity of those bodies in the seat has been the focus
of a Church membership.