Church and Culture

Three churches I wanted to share with you about include; Granger Community Church, Crossbridge Community (Fort Wayne), and Crossroads Community (Elkhart).

Granger Community Church (www.gccwired.com)

Granger is a great church that is trying to reach its community in many ways. Their main campus is in Granger/South Bend and they have a satellite venue as well in Elkhart. Great service, passionate staff, incredible facility, rocking music, interesting experience.

Things I noticed: Greeter at the door, massive foyer, great use of lights, pastor in a suit, good teaching, and as many of you know an incredible children's area and ministry. My girls love the church with a slide, just ask them.

Things I learned: The people we went with go to GCC. They get it. They understand who their church is trying to reach and they are beginning to participate in ministry. That is signs of a church that is doing something right. It's not about seeing how many people they can get, as it is about reaching the lost, introducing people to Jesus, and then teaching them to understand what it means to follow Jesus. They also give people, and have also made it part of their DNA, an opportunity to get involved in ministry. There is an excitement and almost a sense of "its the norm" to get plugged in somewhere.

Final Thoughts: Now, no church is perfect because its made up of people. Mike Yaconeli said it best when he said, "church is messy." So if you want to find faults with GCC I am sure you can. But I see a church that isn't for everybody, who has gotten comfortable in their skin of being who God has called them to be. Who is reaching out to their community and helping those who don't know Jesus to find Him.