Irresistable Influence
A few weeks ago Crystal and I travelled, along with one other Beeson Pastor, to Little Rock, Arkansas to visit Fellowship Bible Church. This large and growing church has been an irresistable influence in Little Rock for over 30 years. The term irresistable influence was coined by one of Fellowshship's founding pastors, Robert Lewis. Their goal as a church is to be an irresistable influence for Christ in Little Rock. They base this on the passage in Matthew where Jesus says to his Disciples "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." They want to be such a light in Little Rock that people will praise God because of the way they serve the Lord.With some 4,000 or so in attendance on a Sunday morning, you would think they had arrived. But in January, Fellowship sold it's main campus to a neighboring school, and is planning new and innovative ministry in multiple locations around Little Rock. We were impressed that a "successful church" like Fellowship would be willing to innovate to this extent. It would be so easy to just remain as they are, but God is calling them to be an even greater irresistable influence.
posted by Rob @ 5:59 PM
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2 Comments:
That is quite impressive. I don't know of many churches that would give up their precious building, much less one of that size. Their impact might challenge other churches to consider bold moves to forward the Kingdom.
I was impressed too. Also interesting is that they are elder led. The former lead pastors (Bill Wellons and Robert Lewis) are still on the Elder Board, though there is a new lead pastor.
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