A Pandemic Church Model

Imagine you’re one of the Christian families in Acts chapter 8 who are forced to flee Jerusalem because of persecution. You end up in a new town. You’re now the only Christians in that town. If a church is going to be formed there, you’re gonna have to do it. What do you do? What would that look like?

Also, imagine — and this will be much easier for most of you — that a pandemic has just hit and churches have closed their doors for two months. What are you going to?

And while you're imagining that, think about this question — What’s the smallest number of Christians you need to have a legitimate church?

Join me today as we discuss:

1. The smallest number of people you need to have a healthy and legitimate church.

2. The difficulty most of us face in 2020 trying to imagine a different kind of church than we're used to.

3. What we think we need to have a legitimate church vs. what we really need.

4. The four primary functions of a healthy church.

5. What church has looked like for about 12 of us during the pandemic and why it just might work for you.

6. The important ingredients in our new "model" of church.

7. How this new experience of church has changed us all.

8. How and why you might try this approach to church.

What I want you to see, and why I wanted to talk about this today is to help you see that any of you can do this. There’s simply no reason to have been alone in front of the TV every week wishing for the churches to open their doors again.

The Kingdom of God doesn’t collapse just because buildings are closed. It’s my contention that the Kingdom can thrive, as it always has, when difficulties arise. God is still God, and his people can still meet and grow and serve and love.

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