I don't know who said it, but it goes like this...where is there more community, on a cruiseship or on a battleship? On a battleship, because there is an enemy that everyone needs to unite against. Makes sense to me. On a cruiseship everyone is more focused on their own comfort. On a battleship, there is a great sense of sacrifice in order to defeat the enemy. The analogy is this: first of all, the Western church, most of the time, does not act like it is in a war. But I believe now is the time for us to wake up to this reality. Our enemy is out to destroy us! Not just to destroy us, but to keep us from being a part of the effort to advance God's kingdom here on earth.
I say it's time for churches within our great cities in the United States to unite and get connected with what God is doing and wants to do to spread his love and message to areas of the world that do not have a discipleship movement among them. Would it make a difference if churches within our cities worked together on this? I say...absolutely. Imagine 100 churches from a city in the U.S. joining together to mobilize tens of thousands of people to go to the ends of the earth and serve the King of Kings. Various resources could be pooled together and shared in ways that would great accelerate the progress. The synergy and community that would result from this effort would also be exponential. Imagine the church of Kansas City joining together to reach an entire nation with the life-changing and society-transforming gospel of Jesus!
Pray about this with me, will you? I believe it can and will happen!
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