Recently, one of the guys on my team overheard a conversation at a local coffee shop.  Two pastors were talking about church.  One asked, “so what is our win?” to which the other replied, “seeing people come to Christ.“  Then the response.  The response floors me, but honestly it’s reality for many churches.  The response was, “of course that’s not going to happen every week!”

WHAT?!  Hold up.  What does it say if we as leaders have that philosophy?  What does it say about the state of our churches if that statement is true?  Why do we think in terms of what we know is a win being impossible?

At C3, not only is people coming to Christ our main win, it does in fact happen just about every Sunday.  In fact it’s extremely rare if we don’t have some people make decisions for Christ.  And I know of many other churches that are seeing people come to Christ almost every week as well.

Pastors, we have to dream bigger.  If we buy into reaching people being occasional rather than continual, our people will believe the same thing.  We don’t have to accept that our passion and mission are dead before they’re even launched.  We don’t have to think small and redefine what a real win is because we think the main win is unattainable.  It’s not.  The life-changing message of Christ is just as real and powerful and has just as much traction in this culture as ever.  So, if you’re not seeing people come to Christ continually, perhaps it’s not the message, but the way in which it’s packaged – or a lack of our people delivering that package throughout the week.

There is no greater win, or more achievable goal, than people experiencing life-change through Christ weekly.  Dream big, then make sure all the systems are in place to achieve the dream.  Don’t settle.  Create a culture of investing in relationships and inviting people to a life-changing experience on the weekends – keep the truth simple and applicable and watch God do what he does daily… win people!

Tags: C3 Church, Church, pastors, reaching people, religion, Vision

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