Unity not Uniformity!

Today Michael brought a great message for the those of us who call Oakleaf Church our home. It was a message that served as a milepost in the history of the church.

One of the things that I hear constantly from the traditionalists is that those of us who attend more contemporary churches are blind followers who never had an original thought. They go on to say that all of these churches are ripoffs of each other and that they offer little substance to “real” Christians.

I was really happy to hear him say that our church is about Unity of Purpose and not UNIFORMITY. The thing that has always made our church interesting to me is that we have a wide array of people who attend week in and week out. I like the fact that our church is diverse racially, socially, economically and about every other way you can be unique. Our strength is that we care about all people and want to in Michael’s words:

Lead people from where they are……To where God wants them to be!

We have had some changes in recent weeks and it is more important than ever that we come together as a church and continue to exercise Unity of Purpose. It is not important that we all do things the same way but we must never lose sight of what our ultimate goal should be. We all have ideas, opinions, likes and dislikes but that should not interfere with the God ordained mission that Oakleaf has been called to serve.

Oakleaf’s mission may not be for everyone but I am proud to attend a church that has the core mission of seeing lives changed through Jesus Christ.

As for me and my house we will serve the Lord! (Joshua 24:15)