This Doesn’t Mean That We Can’t Still Gather
The Summit Church is equipping their people to be able to gather in houses that meet the safety guidelines suggested by the authorities, government, and the CDC as to what those house groups sizes should be. They will adjust the weekend streaming services to better fit a house church setting so that the house churches will be more interactive and kid-friendly. Greear made clear, “We are going to gather, it’s just not going to be in large groups of 500 to 1000 on the weekend in our facilities.”
Student Ministry Has No Competition
J.D. Greear also shared what another church leader had said to him, “This is unprecedented moment for student ministry. For the first time student ministry doesn’t have any competition.” Eluding to the lack of sports and extracurricular school activities that usually take students away from gathering together, because most of the activities are cancelled or postponed for the upcoming fall year. He encouraged student ministry to get together in parks and other outside places to meet more regularly because conflicts of schedules shouldn’t be a concern.
The Way You Can Be the Church This Year
The meeting closed with Greear reminding The Summit Church body that “even when you can’t come to church, we can still be the church.” He then gave two ways that they can be the church this year. The first was by gathering for worship and prayer in smaller groups, and the second was engaging others in intentional discipleship relationships.
Greear says they will remain flexible as reports come from the governor and the CDC. “God is not surprised by this. He knew that it was coming, and He is going to equip us to facilitate a movement of disciples making disciples.”
The Summit Church offers various ways to stream their services as well as a way listen to them by phone.
J.D. Greear also addressed the race issues happening around the United States and within the church. You can watch the full meeting here.
