Building A Connection Point to the Community


I feel that one of the ways a church can reach the community is to be part of the community that God has placed them. With this in mind, I’ve contacted the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce. Lord willing, I’ll be able to join the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and use this organization to reach Suffolk with the good news of Jesus Christ.

When most people think about church, they see it as a taker and not as a giver. The churches have tax free property, and they tend to be apart of the community and not really part of it. God has lain on my heart that the best ways to reach the unchurched lost of Suffolk is to be “Going” to them. Getting involved with the civic organizations is one part of this goal.

Other ways to achieve this goal of reach the community with Christ are many. The church can reach out through the PTA, allowing the Red Cross to use your property for a blood drive, and the list can go on. The point is that I feel the best ways to reach the community is the think outside the box.

The USA of the past no longer exists. At one time, U.S. was a Christian nation. That’s no longer the case. The U.S. is in the top 4 unchurched nations in the world. There’s China, India, the U.S., and Indo-china. With this fact in mind, the old traditional ways of reaching the lost need to be revisited. I know that If God wants a person to be saved, He reaches out to them. But since I’m not God and don’t know who will be saved I’m supposed to cast out my net and pull in all who God has me to draw in for His glory.

Take a moment and think about what ways you can use to reach out to the lost around. Thanks for reading.