“It pays to think big”

I went to a one-day conference with two of my colleagues from St James yesterday: “Innovating the Church for the 21st Century”. A team from “Mecklenburg Community Church” (Charlotte, NC, USA) explained how they present the Christian faith to a generation who often don’t have a concept of Jesus, resurrection, salvation, Bible, etc. any more.

One of the memorable quotes by their senior pastor, James Emery White, was: “You may just lead a small church, but do small church with a big church mentality”. One of the things they try to do is to keep their staff team young to make sure they continuously innovate.

Spotted a great new advertising campaign by the Daily Telegraph newspaper today, which curiously tied in with some of that thinking: “It pays to think big”. (The Telegraph is the only remaining UK quality broadsheet, i.e. their paper still has a very big format, while all rivals have switched to a compact size.) Very creative in showing how many icons of culture and business today started out small.

Can I live life with a big vision, no matter how small and insignificant my daily chores seem? Can I see God working out his big plans through my feeble efforts? “You have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Psalm 31:8b)

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