Source: Catalyst Services Postings, February 2018
Fairhaven Church in suburban Dayton, OH was a model missions church in many ways. The economically comfortable congregation supported local ministries, global missionaries, and a host of short-term teams. But people didn’t often cross the river…the Little Miami River, that is. They were the “haves” on one side of the river. The economic “have nots” lived on the other side. The mission field was overseas, and the church’s role was to pray, send missionaries, and give.
Kirk Lithander, outreach pastor at Fairhaven, knew that the congregation needed to change the way they saw others, especially the poor, but how?
» Full article explains the process and resources which helped transform Fairhaven and reshape their outreach efforts. Take a look.
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