Tim Chester:One of the great things about doing mission and community through meals is it doesn’t add anything to your all too busy schedule. You already eat three meals a day. That’s 21 ready-made opportunities each week to do mission and community.Read the rest.
You could meet up with another Christian for breakfast on the way to work – read the Bible together, offer accountability, pray for one another. You could meet up with colleagues at lunchtime. You could invite your neighbors over for a meal. Better still, invite them over with another family from church. That way you get to do mission and Christian community at the same time, all the while letting your unbelieving friends see the way the gospel impacts our relationships as Christians (John 13:34-35; 17:20-21). Francis Schaeffer says:
Don’t start with a big program. Don’t suddenly think you can add to your church budget and begin. Start personally and start in your home. I dare you. I dare you in the name of Jesus Christ. Do what I am going to suggest. Begin by opening your home for community … You don’t need a big program. You don’t have to convince your session or board. All you have to do is open your home and begin.
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