Everything In The Bible Is About Growth

If someone offered you tickets to see U2 on the front row

, would you say, No, Im not going to do that, because the concert is just too big. Isnt that hilarious? Every church should be a growing church. The church should reflect its community. You have heard me say many times before, if a church is out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by three or four families, it should be effective on those three or four families. Conversely, if a church is around the Metroplex with millions of people, it should be large. It should reflect the populace of the Metroplex.

God wants things to grow. Everything in the Bible is about growth. Big is not bad. Its not negative. Its good. I like to say that Fellowship Church is not a big church. We are a small town. But a lot of people come in here and they say, Fellowship Church is just so big. I just dont know. With a church this size, I dont know if the church needs me. Its just intimidating. Its just huge.

Let me tell you why I like a large church, a big church, why it is biblical. First of all, the first church was big. Read the book of Acts. The first church grew by three thousand in the first ten minutes. So if you dont like big, you dont like the first church in the Bible.

Secondly, heaven is going to be big. Large churches reflect heaven. Heaven is not going to be some small town with a dirt road, tumbleweed blowing across it, one stoplight, and a sign that says Population 312. Its not going to be that. Its going to be big. A big church reflects that.

Number three, a big church gives you huge opportunities to serve. This might rock you a little bit, visitors, 14% of you, but we need you at Fellowship Church. We need you as leaders.

Sexperiment states that we need you to help us. We have 5,200 non-paid people who make Fellowship go and grow every single monthnon-paid staff. That is an awesome thing! A great thing. As we grow, as you tell your friends about us, and as other churches grow, they need people, we need people. We need you.

Another reason I love a big church is it gives you a wide relational base. If you are in a church, you are only going to know about 39 people, no matter if the church is 139 people or 20,039 people. The good thing about a church like this is, if you dont like one group, you can always find another. There are all sorts of people here.

by: Ed Young

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