Church of the Week

NC3 is the "Church of the Week" at a semi-local Christian radio station, WBGL, 104.7. I'm not really sure how churches are chosen, so I can't speak as to whether or not we should consider this an honor.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad of the opportunity, and I thank WBGL for considering and choosing us, but my guess is it won't go far in helping us achieve any goals. Our mission is to build bridges to connect people to Jesus, so our main target is an un-churched person...one who has no relationship with Christ. My guess is that most of those people are not listening to WBGL.

How cool would it be if some of the local rock stations from Joliet or the Chicago metro area were talking about us. Now that would be a kingdom advancing BUZZ.

I believe that God is speaking two major things to our leaders: community and community.

That may sound like the old "location, location, location" bit, but that's not what I mean. What I'm saying is that God is telling us that we need to be more "in community" with each other and that we need to be more involved "in our community."

The world doesn't care about our worship services or the numbers that are being saved and baptized... They don't really care about the campus we're going to build (unless it benefits them in some way, i.e. meeting spaces, ball fields, etc). They can't understand the priorities that we have, but they notice when we serve them. When our church prioritizes in such a way that the community's goals line up with some of our goals as a church, then we can make a difference in our community. And when we make a difference, we can create BUZZ. And when there's a BUZZ, maybe we'll be the church of the week on WRXQ 100.7 -- the rock of the Southland.

Now that would be cool!