UFC at the Church

Over the last few days I have been on a trip to Boston, MA helping a friend who is launching a church in September 2008. Along with me are thirty people from our church who have given up five days of their summer to pass out 10,000 brochures throughout the city of Quincy, which is a suburb of Boston. Today we estimate that we were able to hit about 6,000 homes in approximately 5 hours and tomorrow our goal is to finish up the remaining 4,000 homes. It has been a real privilege to work together with others for a common purpose – to spread the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. When we learned that the New England area was the fourth largest un-churched area in the world and the largest in the United States, we knew we must respond. We are only playing a small part in what needs to be done in this region, but every effort is important. Cooperation is so important if we are going to accomplish the mission given to us by God.Cooperation is defined as working together for a common goal. As Christians, we are called to work together to bring the attention of others to God so that those far from Him can be brought near through Jesus Christ. This is a huge task so it takes everyone doing their part to accomplish the goal. In my opinion, one of the major problems in the modern church is that there is too little cooperation taking place. Instead of fighting the works of evil, we are fighting amongst ourselves. What do we fight over…secondary issues which do not compromise the foundation of our faith. It is pretty sad that Christians have opted to divide over trivial matters while the outside world looks on and wants nothing to do with what we have. Everyone has their preferences, including me; however, we must grow up and learn to cooperate with others for the greater good. I really do not believe God wants us all to be the same and that diversity should be welcomed in the body of Christ. Yes, I desire my generation to defend the sacred doctrines of the Scriptures, but I also expect them to evidence a spirit of unity in matters which are preferential. The furtherance of the gospel somewhat hinges on our ability to work together and quit competing with the church down the street. They are not the enemy, Satan is. Who are you fighting?