Whats the overall strategy at North Point?
Our church is built around three kinds of environments: 1.The foyer environment, where people are made to feel welcome as a guest. 2.The living-room environment, where they’re treated like a friend. 3.And the kitchen environment, where they’re made to feel like family. The goal is to move people from the foyer to the living room to the kitchen. Do you avoid “kitchen issues” on Sunday mornings? When I am forced by the textwhich I think has to rule in preachingto talk about “family issues,” then I say to our guests, “if you’re here this morning and you’re not a Christian, this next part is going to sound awfully strange to you. In fact, what I’m about to say may be one of the reasons you don’t go to church.” I don’t avoid topics, but I let them know that I know how this might strike them. This gives them permission to say, “Okay, they at least understand. Maybe we aren’t on the same page in terms of what we believe, but at least they know we’re not on the same page.” I don’t pull punches
