Below is an email sent to members and friends of CornerStone:
As most of you know, we are having a guest worship band this Sunday. I want this to be another outreach event. We have had postcards made and the event is Sunday. This is a time where we need to be proactive with our faith. We can't go any longer with watching people go down the road to destruction. It is time we start acting like the church has called us to be. We can no longer sit down and make excuses. We can no longer limit ourselves through finances. I don't know about you, but it is my understand that God is greater than anything on this earth. God is so loving even when people are hard to love. If I remember correctly, He sent His son to earth to show us and teach us the seriousness of a follower of Him. In fact, if memory serves me correctly, His Son (Jesus) died on the cross for me and for YOU and for the 12,000 people in YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. Our church has been around for 55 years and yet we still struggle to share our
faith, invite and encourage others, and connect with this community. That type of behavior has to be unacceptable in our church.
Jesus gave us a mission. His mission. His mission is to be the church's mission. It was simple. He said, "Go...." We can't just say, "Come to church." We need to say, "I would love to see you there and in fact I will meet you there." Make your invitation personal and not just handing out a postcard and prayer. We are called to be in action. We are called to continue to reach others in the name of Jesus Christ. We can not be the same church, we need to be God's Church. The one he established 55 years ago! The one that had a passion to communicate the gospel.
A few weeks ago, I met with most of our church leaders. I asked them to evaluate themselves and their ministries. Your church leaders have some serious business to tackle. Some self reflection and some honesty in their service here. I laid out alot of information on them. Shared with them the vision God has for this church. We can't be afraid any longer to take steps towards that vision. We must do what God has gifted us to do to get the church there. We will work hard and evaluate our church and its ministries.
So what am I asking you to do? I am asking you to pack our church this Sunday. I am asking you to make the extra effort and be challenged. I am asking you to make sure you attend! I personally have invited people from my work and people I know. I am hoping to have at least one couple attend this Sunday. Don't let the enemy get a footstool in our church. By not doing nothing or by simply making it another list on your prayers is not all that we should do.
Are you taking ownership in this church? Do you believe in the Vision, Mission and Purpose that has been laid out for you? Take the Vision, Mission and Purpose to heart! Make it happen. Don't wait. Move. Move NOW! Support! Encourage your leaders! Don't say you support the church, but support the church in action.
I normally don't write e-mails this late, but God has been moving me in ways I can not express. He has put some challenges in my role as Senior Pastor. He is little by little peeling away at my outer shell and breaking me down periodically. He shows me that being a leader isn't easy and it is full of risk. I trust God and sometimes trusting him in ALL things is difficult. However, I am prepared to follow His lead and what He has shown us and the message that continues to be on my heart from God is to lead this church to being The largest family oriented church in our mission field. We have a huge parking lot, a great facility, and now it is time to pack the pews, pack the church and make it overflow.
Jesus wouldn't have done anything differently and neither should we.
In His Love,
Pastor Waldo
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