Does your church contribute to your community. Here’s a quotation from a recent Christianity Today article that I ran across today:

A growing number of churches have realized that church has got to be more than growing attendance, seeker sensitivity, and small groups. They’re fighting the perception that churches are isolated, insulated, and uninvolved with the life of the neighborhood. Seeking to be transformational salt, light, and leaven, they’re taking ministry outside their four walls, and thinking about themselves and their neighborhoods differently.

Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin, pastor of Potter’s House continually challenges the 60-some pastors he mentors with a haunting question: “Would the community weep if your church were to pull out of the city? Would anybody notice if you left?”

It’s a great question really: would the community care if your church was gone? Would they rejoice? What are ways churches can serve their communities?

HT: Church Marketing Sucks. Picture is from flickr member orion.