A Tale of Two Churches

A Tale of Two Churchesby Doug Bedgood, Pastor of Christian LivingA tale of two churches: The one is in rural Kentucky, the other is in rural Ethiopia.In Kentucky, I find myself alone, sitting on the cold, hard railroad tracks under a starlit sky, crying out to God in frustration. Ironically, what drove me to this was being awakened by the smell of sweaty men and the cavalcade of snoring that reminded me of a steam train! It was our annual mission trip to build a church building. I wrestled with why a good thing (building a church building) was keeping us from the best thing (building a spiritual family).In Ethiopia, the rich aroma of freshly made coffee was the only thing familiar as I sat in the crude church building made of eucalyptus logs and a thatch roof. Several hundred young, eager church leaders sat on log benches no more than six inches wide for three hours to hear us teach how to use New Testament stories to teach their congregations how to be the church and carry out the command of Christ to make disciples who make disciples.How focused are you in fulfilling the command of Christ to make disciples, who make disciples?Ask God to bring to mind those He has placed in your world that you need to be in a discipling relationship with. Then prayerfully obey!