Just had a great meeting with Gary and Carrie Mitchell, Dave Clark, and Chris Brooks. Dave is working on curriculum for ROADIES 201-401, and Gary and Carrie are working on curriculum for a New Believers/Returners Class. Why is that important?
- Each day I see folks from Crossroads dig deeper in their relationship with God, each other, and the world around them. That's great!
- I believe God wants us to establish an environment at Crossroads where EVERYONE has that same opportunity. And that's GREATER!
Many people have taken first steps with God at Crossroads. It is our responsibility to make sure we show them what next steps look like. Though we have been able to do that with many people one on one, we're fast growing to the place where we need the infrastructure to support opportunities for more people. The larger we grow, the more difficult it is for a few people to connect with all the new attenders, new believers, and those returning to God.
So...we have established a protocol for contacting new believers/returners. We have a 'Next Steps' table in our lobby now with a growing collection of free resources for them to take and use. We have people to follow up with those who want to talk about next steps. And beginning Sunday November 15th, we will hold our first monthly NEXT STEPS CLASS at the Annex at 12 noon! We'll serve lunch and spend a couple of hours teaching people the fundamentals of our faith. This teaching is not an end, it is a beginning.
From the NEXT STEPS CLASS it's on to baptism, church membership through ROADIES 101, and continuing discipleship through our ROADIES 201-401 classes. It's so exciting to see these things come together! Look, we're not where we're going to be, but guys, we have come so far from where we started. Like Perry Noble said at The 'Nines', we're not going to start a move of God at Crossroads. God will move as He will move. But we CAN and SHOULD do everything in our power to CREATE CAPACITY and PREPARE for God to move.
And that's what we're doing. One step at a time.
