Viral Faith

A Step of Faith New Hope, the church I have the privilege of leading, is facing a huge decision. We have the opportunity to move from our current location to a larger building and collaborate with a parachurch organization that is reaching hundreds of people per week. As many know, a church community is not monolithic, but made up different people with different gifts and different capacities for change. In looking at such a huge move, I think there are many different things to analyze. Interestingly, different people ask different questions and different things are more important to some than others. This process occurs in churches around the world as they try and discern what God's will is for them. I shared the following scripture with our leadership last month and I hope that helps you if you are trying to make a large decision. Here's the context: The people of Israel are near the promised land of Canaan. This land was promised to them by God. God has already told t