โ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ดโ
How do you engage this new group of folks who identify more with spirituality than religion?
WATCH clip below:
In this NewsNation story, we glimpse into what we already know: Millions are leaving the pews and no longer identifying with โReligionโ.
Those of us in service within community ministry are already experiencing the light at the end of the tunnel. We know that we donโt need to be in a church building to help people. For many of us, we prefer not to be within the confines of a physical church building.
We go where the people are.
Increasingly they are beyond the walls of church buildings. They are at concerts, community centers, and on social media. They are in hospitals, senior living homes, hospice centers, and on college campuses.
How do you engage this new group of folks who identify more with spirituality than religion?
In the news clip, Pastor Jarrett Stevens of Soul City Church shares, โWhat they donโt see is that when you create a space for people to have an authentic experienceโฆWhen you give them a voice โ a seat at the table, they will actually not just want to be involved, but they will want to shape the church.โ
That leaves us to the question: โWhat is The Church?โ
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐, ๐๐ฒโ๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐. What do you think? What is โThe Churchโ?
Despite serving in progressive faith environments, we are not immune to people still feeling the need to compartmentalize themselves. Some are not fully comfortable showing up as their authentic selves.
What is โThe Churchโ?
How can those of us in service within community ministry create safe space for deep belonging and authenticity?
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ,
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