I have a simple question today. We know that every church that is successful and big enough to support itself had a beginning. A pastor and a handful of core saints who were the seed of something much greater. We see the end result of God's working in actual churches that are doing well.
My question is this: can the core that got it started take us to the next level? Can the pastor who, through trial and error got us here, expand into new territory that never crossed his mind before?
The New Testament does not give us much guidance here. Jesus ended his public ministry very early. Acts only covers a short time and the life of Paul and the original apostles. The epistles are about getting better and growing stronger. Revelation is far in the future.
Only modern church history gives us guidance on intergenerational churches. We may have to examine church history to find any examples of what we as a Fellowship are facing as we grow older.
"And He said, my presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. Then he said to him, if your presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here." Exodus 33:14-15
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