Quantitative Growth Conversion of Non-Christians The Southwest Denver/Littleton community is still unreached with the gospel. We have a biblical mandate collectively as a church as well as the individual households within our church family to reach out to those without Christ with the hope of seeing them come to faith in Him and become a part of our church family. Assimilation of Unchurched Christians Today there are a large number of people who profess Christ who are spiritual orphans, or spiritually homeless. We are also aware that there are people who participate in some ministry of our church and identify with us as a church but they do not regularly participate in our all-church worship services. We believe every Christian should genuinely commit themselves to a local church. Incorporation of New Residents and Transferring Christians In our mobile culture there are Christians moving into our community on an ongoing basis that need a church home. Under certain circumstances there are also some people who can be led to change churches. We believe that our church can be a place where they will be shepherded and strengthened in their faith. Retention of Present Attenders/Members It is common today to have people leave churches for reasons legitimate or otherwise. Retention of our youth as they transition toward adulthood is an aspect of this concern in view of two-thirds of today’s youth in Christian homes leaving the faith. It is our desire to identify and to the best of our ability close our “back door.” Given our commitment to shepherd and strengthen the people God has already brought to us, these four kinds of quantitative growth point to our need for more space, given the fact that we are already experiencing the limitations of our present facility. There are relatively few options available to us as we look to the future:
We view the announced simulcast beginning on October 2nd as a short term answer to our present quantitative growth. In the months ahead we will need to evaluate its effectiveness as we consider our longer term options. While we are thankful for God’s adding to our number and His work in our midst, we need God’s continued clear direction as we move forward in our next steps. We as a church need to pray. |