Caring = Relationships BUT MOST CHURCHES… Don’t act relationally (as a collective body) with the community… Relationships with a church have become conditional. They are
We’ve established that… A church is not its staff and buildings – that’s how we define companies, not houses of worship Instead, a church is
Members and attenders ARE the Church – so they cannot also be the Church’s “customer”. Customers are outside of an organization, whereas members (as the
My story… Meet The Need began fifteen years ago, during a long drive back home to Atlanta from a vacation in Jacksonville. Weeks earlier, I had
In case you missed our first blog post… We believe we’ve discovered why so many churches are closing their doors in the U.S. We think
Should Churches be Doing More to Serve Their Communities? With holiday outreach activities close at hand, we thought we’d share this six part blog from
Part 3: Finding the Time and Money for Outreach In two previous blog posts (Community Outreach in the Purpose Driven Church Part 1 and
Throughout that process, I wondered why the Church in America seemed to be struggling – in growth, impact, influence and public perception. Being a consultant, I couldn’t help but look closer – and what I discovered was shocking. The modern American church model doesn’t align with the most fundamental principle of successful organizations – nor Biblical mandates. There is a flawed assumption underlying nearly every decision churches make today and we believe it’s the root cause for the Church’s decline…
Meet The Need’s mission is to mobilize and equip the Church to lead millions more to Christ by following Jesus’ example of meeting those in need exactly where they are.
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