Week 37 - Frontline Church

We stumbled across this church while leaving another downtown church a few weeks ago and decided to check it out. Downtown OKC has some amazing churches and this one is no exception. A non-denominational church, they have just added a 4th service to their schedule on Sunday. They also have a Thursday evening service at City Rescue Mission and have a satellite church in Shawnee. In addition, they have what they call “community groups” all over the city serving a variety of ages and situations. This church occupies a fairly small space, as churches go, in a building at 7th and Broadway. A wonderful band led worship with a female lead singer. As the worship time continued, people continued to stream in until it was standing room only. This is a come as you are group. It felt like anyone, from anywhere, dressed anyway could walk in and feel comfortable here. The sermon was interesting, thought provoking and sometimes funny. What struck me most was the comment that they wanted their church to be a place God would want to attend. While I believe that God is active and present no matter what the worship situation or style, I wonder what church would be like if it were truly the kind of place Jesus would choose for his personal place of worship. What if we didn’t focus on the design of the building, the worship group or band, the preacher, the pews or anything else that made us comfortable and feel good about coming to church? What if we just focused on being Jesus’ church? I wonder what that would look like?