Doug Pagitt notes how many groups point to things like size, market share, political influence, healthy budgets, and "successful" looking people that seem to be living the American Dream. But what if being a successful community of faith is less about the above mentioned things and more about a community of people who, in seeking to follow the way of Jesus, eat together, live together, share possessions, and generally share real life?
What if being a church family is not about "targeting" certain people in the community?
What if it's not just about being a provider of religious goods and services?
What if we dropped the marketing and hunting metaphors?
What if it's about:
- Growing real relationships-both in and out of the spiritual community
- Growing in character
- Growing in fruits of the Spirit
- Growing in appreciation for God and others
- In short-growing in maturity as a follower of Jesus.
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