Breakdown

Hi. I'm back. Sorry for not blogging in so many moons--turns out studying for tests is mildly more important than, say, not putting my thoughts on the interwebs. Shocking, right? Anyways, this post is not to talk about why I haven't been writing.

This post is about a ministry that was started in my homeland of Dallas.

Imagine if the church was immersed in the community. What if there were no walls or blocks in the minds of the citizens that made them believe that the church was an entity that stayed within itself? What if the church really walked within it's surrounding community? How would our world be different?

Breakdown Ministries is a Dallas-based ministry that seeks to break down the walls between the church and the community. The goal is to spread the gospel of Christ in every way possible and Breakdown's job is to equip churches with the ability to do that. Through community outreach, like carnivals and work projects, Breakdown provides local churches with the planning and resources to be part of the area instead of apart. The idea is that the church does constant follow up with the community and doesn't just strike once and then leave. The church is supposed to stay and be involved as a source of help and refuge and a light--not the closed off, locked up place for people with their noses to the sky and judging eyes cast downward. Breakdown wants the church and the community together in a relationship that is strong and positive.

Pretty awesome, right? The Lord is doing some incredible things in the greater Dallas area.

But Dallas is beginning to look like just the tip of the iceberg. The directors of Breakdown have felt the Lord tugging at their hearts to bring Breakdown to my current homestead--College Station. Home of the fightin' Texas Aggies and churches on every street corner. With a few connections, some administrative-minded guys, and a group of college freshman, Breakdown is beginning to take shape in a college town. How crazy is that?

When I first heard about Breakdown, my first thought was, "I want to be part of that." And the peace and assurance I felt when I thought that was God saying, "Good. You're listening." I am going to be one of the first leaders/volunteers of this budding ministry. Still very, very early in the planning phases, we're aiming for our first mission to be in September of this year. This spring semester is going to be all about gaining materials, building relationships with churches, and finding where we can channel the churches to meet the need that surrounds College Station and Bryan.

Pretty awesome, right? I'm so excited for things to kick off, but I'm also loving watching the wheels slowly begin to turn.

"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by^[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink." 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Reader, I'll keep you posted.

And Ethan? Here's a new post.