The Day You Realize You're Not The Only Church In Charlotte!

After almost 4 years into getting a church plant going in the central Charlotte region, we woke up, looked around us and gathered that we truly aren't the only ones doing what we're doing in the city. I know it sounds strange, but it is so easy to get so preoccupied on your individual issues as a young organization, an amateur spiritual body, trying to get things moving, or even just enduring your first few years financially, that you skip to look up from time to time and see what's going on around.

And then one day, for no particular reason, you wake up and realize that you are not alone, and that there any number of people doing completely the similar things as you, and they are not the competitor, but instead a fountain of friendship, support and common cause. And then you ask yourself why it took so forever to get in touch with them, even just to say hello, this is who we are, and why we're here?

Currently we have become much more absorbed at City Church in contacting related organizations in Charlotte with similar values and hopes, and in starting to build imaginably productive relationships with them.

What created this change of heart, and why didn't we do it beforehand? Possibly, it is just something that occurs once you begin to grow in confidence in your own identity, and you're no longer so worried regarding sheer survival month to month. It truly isn't that much different from growing up as an individual. Once you get over the worst of your growing pains, and start to recognize who you are, what you're about, and mature in confidence in that identity, it becomes a lot easier to open yourself up and make new friends with folks who might have same principles and dreams. And then who knows what might come out of those friendships.frequently the most extraordinary and productive turns for an amateur organization like our own!

How many of the things we presume to do might be better done in cooperation with others? The answer is fairly a lot. We are very interested as an organization in mobilizing our people to get involved in Social Action projects, all over the city. But sincerely, as a small organization we are significantly confined in what we can do. How much better it would be to link up with another similar organization close by, and in so doing probably carry out more than double what we might complete by sharing resources, ideas and people. The outcome will most likely be exponential.

So this year we really want to look around us, and begin to make friends with others who share our values and dreams. We know they are out there, and we have already started to meet a few. It is an inspiring moment for us, and who knows quite where it will lead us. But it holds out a hope of new life, new possibilities and most primarily, new friendships. And what could be better than that?

By: Matthew Hemsley

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