Why the church?

Why are you part of the church and more specifically Church at the Falls? The answer to this question is vital to your spiritual growth and your long term connection with your church. In addition it is vital to the health of our church.

Let's define some basics.
The Church was not created for the Church. The Church was created to reach the world.
The Church is not a building, the local church is a group of people that know Christ and have a common vision.
The Church not only meets on Sunday, but also meets in smaller groups, meets while serving the community and for that matter goes where you go. Not one of these environments should stand alone. We need to balance each.

With that said, what will never change at Church at the Falls?
Our mission, We exist to lead be into a growing relationship with Christ. In one word, discipleship.
How we accomplish our mission will always be in process of changing. We may not always use the style of music we use today. We may use different means to communicate on Sunday morning than we do now. We may offer different ways other than LifeGroups for people to connect. We may do children's teaching different in the years to come. The way we connect with and invite people from the community will change. Things will always change because we are reaching people and our society is constantly changing. So to reach people we must change.

So, if you come to Church at the Falls for what we do now then one day we will disappoint you when we change something you "like". If you come to Church at the Falls for who we are, we are into making disciples, then you will stick for the long haul because you are into being the church and not into "going to church."

I want the best for you and I don't want to disappoint you, even though I know I will. But I want to minimize the disappointments by clearly casting the vision for what the church should be. Clear communication saves heart ache down the road.

I realize that I increase the chance that some will leave CATF when I cast this kind of vision, because some are just part of CATF to get what they like rather than be part of the a life changing church that will march boldly into the future. A church willing to change in order to reach people and raise up disciples.

Are you in!