Direction in Ministry

Can any ministry survive without a direction? If we look at the bible, the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years because they disobeyed God's direction. Years later, David built a kingdom that was well respected in the world because he listened to God's direction. Later Jonah became a snack for a whale because he did not follow God's direction. In the New Testament, Paul, once a murderer of Christians, became a well-known leader of Christians because he followed God's direction. In the church today, what does this mean?

When a businessman builds a business, they must bring in new customers. Likewise, in order for a church to grow, it must bring in new people. In both cases, if there is nobody new, it will eventually dissolve itself. So how do we avoid this? We bring new people to our church. And how is this done? By doing outreach. It could be something as simple as inviting friends. Yes, that's outreach. It could also be putting up a sign on the street corner, or putting an ad in the newspaper. Those are both outreach. Outreach doesn't necessarily have to be handing out sodas, or scrubbing someone’s toilet. It can be simply inviting people to your church. We always hear about investing in people’s lives. Well, asking them to go somewhere with you is the very first step.