I feel like I'm part of something that matters. That's what one young woman told me after worship. This generation changes jobs, friends and locations more than any in history, but on a hillside outside of Mebane, a small church is giving people something with which they can connect. We long for roots and stability. If United Methodists have nothing else to offer, we have that.
Evangelism is a matter of change.
So why doesn't the church understand this simple principle. The real key to the things happening at Carr Church lies in their willingness to ruthlessly evaluate what they had to do to make things better. Things like a new sign out by the road, a new concern for the unchurched people they work with, play with, and live with. Once they really began to believe that their lives with Jesus were better than their lives without Him, change was a natural occurrence, both inside and outside. Perhaps you've heard all this before.