Growing Points

Growth is exciting, and validating. Growth reveals weaknesses and brings challenges. Growth can be good as well as problematic. The good news is that The Point Church is growing. The better news is that much of our growth is from folks returning to church after being absent from the church. The best news is that we are seeing the lost come to Jesus Christ. We do have a lot of folks that are coming to The Point from other churches for various reasons. We do not recruit from other churches that exalt Christ, but our doors are open to anyone seeking Truth.

The challenges that our growth bring us are really just opportunities for us to respond to God's working among us. I want to briefly share some of our most pressing opportunities...

Prayer Ministry: There are those among us that can be called 'prayer warriors', these folks must be gathered for concentrated and concerted prayer efforts.

New Believer Maturation: With folks confessing Jesus as Lord and turning to Him for forgiveness, comes the tremendous responsibility of discipleship and training in the Word. It is my belief that this needs to bea two-fols approach. The first being a mentor relationship where the new believer is paired with a more mature Christian for one on one discipleship, prayer and accountability. The second half of this approach being a class setting where the new believer is trained in the disciplines of the Christian faith.

Guest Follow Up: We have many first time guests every week. An intentional follow up strategy is needed. We will shortly begin recruiting more people to make phone calls, send emails, and where appropriate, make home visits. Every guest is contacted every week right now, but this is a growing need and more people are needed to do a better job at this.

Small Group Bible Studies: Small groups that serve each other in the areas of fellowship, discipleship, prayer and ministry are a key to our long term growth and health. We currently have a few groups meeting. More groups will form in the fall.

Children's and Youth Ministries: There are lots of kids at The Point. There are multitudes more that we need to prepare for. Ministry to children, youth and thier families must be a priority for The Point. We must dedicate resources, energy and prayer toward this vital area. If we are to reach our community for Jesus Christ, we must demonstrate His love for children by giving our community world-class children and youth ministries. How do we do this? One step at a time, but we must focus and grow a ministry of excellence that 'wows' every parent and kid.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, changes and additions to this are coming!