There is a statement in our church program “Sydney Crystal Church focuses on the fundamental calling of the church to save souls and our aim is to share the gospel with unbelievers, and we do not promote believers to move churches.” Newcomers may see this statement and not feel welcome by our church.
However, there are a number of reasons we print this statement in the church program:
1. Our aim is to focus on the purpose of the church to save souls and make them disciples and we want to highlight this to our current church members.
2. If our church grows in number, we want to prevent others from thinking that the church has become bigger through people from other churches moving to our church. The statement also cuts off any temptation the pastor may face to attract both believers and unbelievers to the church for the sake of expanding in size.
3. We want to change people’s mindset that their attendance at church is doing someone else a favor, and to prevent those who frequently switch churches and cause disruptions.
For those who are already Christians wanting to join our church, they must meet the requirements we have set in order to be accepted.
If they have either moved here from Korea or from a different suburb, if they have not attended church for longer than a year, if they wish to share the gospel with their family members through a mokjang, if they wish to be a part of the church’s calling to save souls, they must meet the following criteria:
1. Attend mokjang meetings every week
2. Attend the ‘accepting Jesus’ meeting
3. Attend the next Living Life class
4. Agree with and follow the rules of the house church
The above requirements are tested every three months.
The rules set above will prevent disruption to the church as we focus on our mission to save souls and make disciples of them.
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There is a statement in our church program “Sydney Crystal Church focuses on the fundamental calling of the church to save souls and our aim is to share the gospel with unbelievers, and we do not promote believers to move churches.” Newcomers may see this statement and not feel welcome by our church.
However, there are a number of reasons we print this statement in the church program:
1. Our aim is to focus on the purpose of the church to save souls and make them disciples and we want to highlight this to our current church members.
2. If our church grows in number, we want to prevent others from thinking that the church has become bigger through people from other churches moving to our church. The statement also cuts off any temptation the pastor may face to attract both believers and unbelievers to the church for the sake of expanding in size.
3. We want to change people’s mindset that their attendance at church is doing someone else a favor, and to prevent those who frequently switch churches and cause disruptions.
For those who are already Christians wanting to join our church, they must meet the requirements we have set in order to be accepted.
If they have either moved here from Korea or from a different suburb, if they have not attended church for longer than a year, if they wish to share the gospel with their family members through a mokjang, if they wish to be a part of the church’s calling to save souls, they must meet the following criteria:
1. Attend mokjang meetings every week
2. Attend the ‘accepting Jesus’ meeting
3. Attend the next Living Life class
4. Agree with and follow the rules of the house church
The above requirements are tested every three months.
The rules set above will prevent disruption to the church as we focus on our mission to save souls and make disciples of them.