how i see it

There are a lot of churches that do this well. For instance I remember when I was growing up every year my church (Stone Church) had a special Thanksgiving Dinner for the homeless. They would send the church buses to shelters and bus in hundreds of people to the church and feed them a Thanksgiving dinner. Stone also bussed in hundreds of kids from the projects every week. However, many churches I have been to seem to be so inwardly focused they seem to forget the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20).

We are called to go and make disciples of all nations which means to spread God’s love wherever we are. One of the best ways to make disciples is to serve people, to show them you care, but most importantly to show people you love them without an agenda. Like Jesus did when he washed the disciples feel at the last supper.

The secular world is doing a great job of serving others. There are countless social justice campaigns from (RED) to Care and countless others. It's cool to care, but are we falling short as Christians? Are we too inwardly focused? I think the answer is too often yes.

Pointing the finger does no good therefore, does the church you are a member of do a good job at serving others? If they do, are you part of it? If they don’t what are you going to do about it? Also a personal challenge, outside your church, in your personal life (which by the way should be the same thing) how do you show Christs love? How do you care for others?