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Question: If your church ministries and programs could be likened to a fence or a bridge, what would they be?

My wife, with the help of some great people, founded a non-profit called WhatIfEveryone.com. The organization exists to inspire and help everyone to serve their world. It was founded by Mosaic but not for Mosaic. It was not a “serve” day or week to gather our people to be less selfish and actually serve (nothing wrong with that, just wasn’t our motive) – It was create to be more, to gather anyone and everyone to serve anyone and everyone.

Recently, we had a board meeting in which we were faced with hard decisions. There was healthy conflict and tension- all good stuff….

Does your Church service offer a religious experience? Have you ever wondered if church services are designed to offer “corporate religious experiences” rather than a personal introduction to Jesus? Here is where I’m coming from -I met Jesus outside of the Church (a church service). I met him in my room and so did most of my family as Muslims. I have seen people have a corporate religious experience and “believe in Jesus,” but never really meet Him and follow Him.

Could the Gospel be about meeting Jesus and following Him? Could it be that simple?

I’m a pastor and I love the Church. But I do wonder if we have gotten it all wrong. Somewhere we drifted off into creating an institution rather…

Growing up in Kuwait, I went to a Indian private school – I know, I’m Pakistani- But what’s truly unique is that I wasn’t the only one. In fact, Kuwait was a melting pot of foreign nationals (only 40% of the population are Kuwaiti) and so I grew up among different nationalities and I grew up with the concept of “Corporate responsibility.”

Let me explain. Whenever you have a diverse group of nationalities coming together, you represent not just yourself but also your entire nation.
If something bad or good would happen in Pakistan, I “hear” it. But we all did this; if a guy from the Philippines was in the news for a crime, then we would pick on our Pilipino…

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