Forming a church/pastor support group. My thoughts . . .

Yesterday I actually invited myself to a meeting set by two pastors (names withheld) to form a body of the churches that fellowshipped in school classrooms and school halls (This is common in the Chatsworth Christian Community; some schools have up to 10 church-groups on the premises)

So being a person who is concerned with all the activity that takes place within the local church in Chatsworth, Durban; I attended.

Without wanting to make any defamatory remarks on the steering committee ( my two pastor friends) and the method of initiating such a project; I would like to comment thus . . .

The idea is great and good.

But knowing the culture of the Church of Chatsworth (Not all though) and the culture of the pastors; an idea like this must come from people with a heart for such a job. Just to start something without much PRAYER, much, much THOUGHT and without a GOD-GIVEN MANDATE is futile. The facilitators themselves confessed that even in the school they where occupying premises ~ They felt guilty because they did not even take the time to go across the school-block to meet or even say a word of greeting to the other pastors (two of which so gracefully attended the meeting).
So futile that when a loose presentation is made by inefficient persons with ulterior motives ~ they will be quick to blame the devil for causing 'dis-unity'.

The church, how 'fragmented' it is, is still the place where God-Jehovah is delighted with His children. So I think we cannot use the fact that churches are fellowshipping in school-classrooms to re-group to show any kind of 'muscle' (and for what should I ask). Churches however the small are NOT insignificant nor must they feel belittled or even envy the church-group that have grown numerically. So in brief I do not subscribe to 'pity-party' church growth and church extentions of the Kingdom.

Before any preliminary discussions are done and road-map drawn it is common cause for non-transparent and scrupulous 'leaders' to pre-elect who should manage such an awesome project. I say no more at this point I think you catch what I am saying.

If I had to do such a project I would consider the following . . .

Yes. I (as a pastor) need some people that I can talk to about ministry problems and issues (downloading).
My family as the leading ministring family needs some kind of relief in terms of fellowship with other ministring families.
I also am in need of networking with other church-fellowship to enable me to keep line with the 'now' word of what our Lord Jesus is saying to the churches.

I think building a church/pastor group built on these needs (just as a start ~ the list can grow) will be beneficial to affiliates.

Ok enough said . . . . Lets wait for the next meeting on the 8 December 2008 to monitor progress.
In the meantime, please comment. I'd like hear some of your views.

God bless . . . .