Trojan Horses

The excerpt below is from one of the blogs I read consistently (Pastor Mark Batterson's Evotional). Mark wrote In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase - two must reads for any and every Christian wanting to experience everything God has for him/her.

Really enjoying being at The Sticks. Love my pastor tribe! I talked out of Matthew 10:5-16. That passage is my philosophy of ministry. I also think of it as the First Commission. It's the final locker room talk Jesus gave his disciples before their first mission.I talked about Trojan horses, purple cows, and broken windows.
Remember the Greek legend? Queen Helen was kidnapped. And it took a Trojan Horse to get past the defenses of Troy.
Churches need to discover the Trojan Horses that will help them get past people's natural defense mechanisms and reach their community. I think servant evangelism is a Trojan Horse. So is our coffeehouse. So is technology. We have more and more people coming to NCC who watch our webcast for months before visiting in person. It's a Trojan Horse. People can watch in the comfort of their own home. In their underwear no less. And defense mechanisms are down!

Pastor Wes Shortridge of Liberty Community Church in Bealeton and I had talked abotu going to The Sticks conference, but he's busy taking classes and I'm just too busy with other stuff. Anyways...

Love the idea of Trojan Horse. Servant Evangelism is a huge part of the vision for City on a Hill Church. In fact, this Saturday morning we'll be out washing windows of our downtown local businesses. We're so stoked to serve our community and even more amped to see what God does in the hearts of those we serve over time.

We're using technology already. I know of one gal who read my blog for weeks before coming to one of our services. I'm looking forward to getting sermons up on our website via podcast or webcast.

Coffeehouses? Hmmm... Been down that road in SoCal. Worked on a project called theFishbowl with a buddy of mine. Lots of work and difficult to be effective if you don't know what you're doing and if you don't have the capital. Not sure that one's in our future, but I'm learning to never say, "Never."