12: This Time Tomorrow (Justin Mertes of Made to Flourish)
When we evaluate the vitality of a local church, we typically count heads in pews, measure annual giving, or analyze Sunday volunteer teams. But what happens when a pastor steps back and realizes that his congregation spends forty, fifty, or sixty hours a week in an entirely different domain? For Tom Nelson, former lead pastor of Christ Community Church in Kansas City and founder of Made to Flourish, that realization led to a profound moment of personal repentance; he confessed to his elders and congregation that focusing exclusively on Sunday morning gatherings amounted to a form of…
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