The true indicator of the health of a church is not the size of the congregation, the offering,
the staff, the building, or any of the worldly measures we like to use. I believe the true
indicator of a healthy church is a church that is fully and completely dedicated to fulfilling the
Great Commission. When evaluating all of our ministries, we are to ask ourselves, “Are we
going, sending and equipping people to do this?” “Are we involved in the disciple-making
process?” And if we are not doing that, then we ought to make changes or adjust our
ministries to bring them back into focus with the heartbeat of Jesus. The bottom line is this –
we are called to be Great Commission Christians and to build a Healthy Missional Church!
Jesus only mentions the church in two verses (Matthew 16:18 & 18:17). Based on these
verses, it would be difficult to determine that Jesus was focused on the size of the
attendance or the offering. As I read the Gospels, Jesus placed heavy emphasis on our
obedience as He sends His followers to go and make disciples. What if our church actually
focused on winning the lost and making disciples? And what if our church were intentional
about training every believer to make disciples who make disciples…so on and so on?
As your pastor, I want to see NCFC become a church that’s being filled with spiritual
multipliers: a church full of people who can reproduce themselves. Each of us taking the
responsibility of winning, teaching, baptizing, bringing people into the church, equipping
them and sending them back out. I pray that we would all be dedicated to such an
unending cycle of spiritual reproduction. For there’s nothing more important and powerful
than we, as a body of Christ, becoming this kind of people and church.
Over the years, I’ve noticed that new Christians often have fervor to share their faith.
In time, however, many find their hearts cooling off as they wander away from their
relationship with Jesus. I pray that we would all rediscover the passion of our early
Christian days! We must keep it fresh and vibrant in our daily walk with the Lord.
Meditate, read, and study the Word of God. Learn to remain in Him who promised
to remain in us (John 15). Take your personal time with the Lord and your prayer life
seriously. Take time today to praise God for His salvation. Then commit to carrying
out your part in the Great Commission by talking about Jesus with someone in your life.
Look around, we are surrounded by broken lives everywhere! No more excuses! No
time to waste! Let us reawaken the passion of going and making disciples for His
Kingdom!
Rev. Jason Kim