Balance- part 4

The balanced church sees the importance of ministering to its members. It sees its members as family, but a family with a mission. It constantly builds up its members and teaches sound Biblical truth. It offers fellowship where the members can build relationships that will withstand the rigors of mission. It will encourage its members to be there for one another in trouble, defeat and victory. But it realizes that the strong family has the ultimate responsibility to be involved in mission. Without mission, we are just a club. With mission, we are an eternal force. As we, as one body, participate in mission, we accomplish eternal goals while building life-long friendships. These missions come in many different forms; forms as varied as the people participating in them. A healthy missional church family is not as concerned with ceremony and program as it is with relationship with one another and relationship to the world.There aren't many of this type of church, so they really stand out when you see them. Where is your church?