What I'm learning about church planting: The Front Door

Church Planting is all about redefining church. Church planting has an opportunity like non other to redefine what church looks like to it's community.

I hate to use the word "relevant" because it is over used and under delivered. Every church throws the word around or tags it at the end of an idea to make the appearance that they are culturally engaging...when there not. I'm not saying Crossings is hitting the mark or is the best description of relevant but a point needs to be made. But I don't want to talk about the hot topic of "relevant." I want to talk about the "front door."

I have discovered the biggest challenge in church planting is to get people in the front door. The perception of the church is still, even after years of "relevant" churches, irrelevant. The church is still old school.  And regardless how relevant you are if you can't get people in the front door you are hitting the mark.

I really feel one of the callings for church plants is to redefine "the church" for the next generation.

If your front door is small your community will not know if your relevant or not.  One of the ways Crossings tries to overcome this is by being relevant OUTSIDE the front door.  We are heavily active in our community in new and creative ways. 

All that to say.  I am discovering in church planting that I need to focus less on "relevance" and more on the "front door."   

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