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I have been on staff as the Local Outreach Pastor at Christ Chapel Bible Church<\/a> headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas for 6 years. We have campuses in Willow Park and Burleson as well. My main role is deploying our people into the community\u00a0serving<\/a> as the \u2018hands and feet\u2019 of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

For as long as I remember, Christ Chapel has had a motto that we\u2019re \u2018a church without walls\u2019.<\/h1>\n

That has been our aim. A mature Christian is a servant in his or her community. Whether its volunteering at a shelter for those experiencing homelessness or ministering to the widow down the street, my mission is to get our people to live missional lives of service. Biblical faith in Jesus Christ will bear the fruit of serving others. We are to be \u2018doers of the Word, not hearers only\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Like any other church, you have those crusaders who need no direction or encouragement, they just go and do. Additionally, you also have those folks who need to be encouraged, coached and directed to take a first step into service. Finally, like most churches, there is a small population of fence-sitters who attend church services faithfully on Sundays but absolutely refuse to serve anyone other than themselves. They are consumers, not contributors – which is antithetical to Biblical faith in action.<\/p>\n

That said, there are those faithful who are physically unable to serve due to age or disability or illness. But, they will pray, support and do what they can to undergird gospel ministry. I\u2019d add that those who serve as intercessory \u2018prayer warriors\u2019 form the backbone of the church.<\/p>\n

We have been praying that our church would become the \u2018church without walls\u2019 we’ve claim to be for years. Today, I\u2019m glad to announce that we are now a church without walls! Thanks to the COVID19 pandemic, local congregations across the globe cannot gather within the walls of a building we call \u2018a church\u2019. Referring to the church as building is a misnomer, because the church is not a place, it is a people. The Church is the redeemed universal body of believers in Jesus Christ who is Lord over all. The Coronavirus pandemic has stripped down the walls of the church gathering place and forced Christians outside. We are now a \u2018church without walls.\u2019<\/p>\n

There is no going back.<\/h3>\n

The church throughout the ages has run into the flames of adversity, injustice, pestilence, war and famine to provide care, compassion and assistance to those in desperate need. If you think church is a Sunday affair of dressing up, going to a building, singing some songs, seeing friends and listening to a sermon, I encourage you to read the book of Acts. Biblical faith has always been active, outward-bound and other-focused by serving others. We are called to be the church without walls. That was God’s original intent when He designed how His people would go about His business across the globe throughout history. \u00a0His command has always been ‘Go’.<\/p>\n

The true Church is a church without walls. It never had walls. We are being reminded of that in this historical moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, go and do in Jesus\u2019 name.<\/p>\n

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” – James 1:22<\/p>\n

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Biblical faith has always been active, outward-bound and other-focused by serving others. We are called to be the church without walls. That was God’s original intent when He designed how His people who go about His business across the globe throughout history. \u00a0His command has always been ‘Go’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,32,46,242,56,66],"tags":[276,110,132,156,275,221],"yoast_head":"\nA Church Without Walls - Serving Others - Lance Cashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biblical faith has always been active, outward-bound and other-focused by the church serving others. 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