May 8, 2009
If I was a Community Pastor I would:
- Pray for my community.
- Live in my community. (by live I mean: shop, rent, get coffee, exercise, church, post, eat…)
- Get to know key players in my community.
- Have time flexible to just to hang about and be open for conversations.
- Have coffee with unbelieving locals, locally.
- Be interested in the things that locals are putting on.
- Be a friend to those who are lonely… pop-in-and-say-hello ministry.
- Buy a four-door car to transport people in my community. (strange maybe, but it is almost a necessity)
- Create opportunities to engage and build relationships with the community.
- Provide opportunities for people to investigate Christianity & for faith to be put on the agenda.
- Support local businesses and get to know them.
- Say hello to strangers.
- Research the area… learn to love demographics & statistics.
- Get involved in community activities/meetings.
- Use the marketing/design team to do good flyers/promotional material.
- Stand out the front of church regularly with flyers.
- Go gospeling.
Shouldnt this also be a Church priority? Not just the minister/pastor but all involved in Church.
But the minister/pastor should lead by example.
yep…
Excellent!
Just think what it would be like if every pastor of a church would get out like this in the community. I believe the community would change. Along with him if course would be the local believers getting out and doing their part.
Thanks for the good post
Hayls, great thoughts. I’d love to see churches operating like this. Looks like the parish system working the way it ought!