Comments on: Community and Organizations http://www.utazni.com/2007/03/22/community-and-organizations/ to journey Tue, 22 May 2012 21:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mlnewell http://www.utazni.com/2007/03/22/community-and-organizations/#comment-291 mlnewell Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:15:46 +0000 http://www.utazni.com/2007/03/22/community-and-organizations/#comment-291 Well said Jason. You could substitute "individuals" everywhere that "community" is written. It's about people! Hope is a great great example of this. Thanks for the comment Jason! Hope you guys are doing well these days. -Mark Well said Jason. You could substitute “individuals” everywhere that “community” is written. It’s about people! Hope is a great great example of this. Thanks for the comment Jason! Hope you guys are doing well these days. -Mark

]]> By: Jason http://www.utazni.com/2007/03/22/community-and-organizations/#comment-288 Jason Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:05:10 +0000 http://www.utazni.com/2007/03/22/community-and-organizations/#comment-288 This reminds me of something I read in John Piper's <i>Future Grace</i>. He spoke to some high school students about the need for sexual purity. Many of them were concerned with big issues like world hunger, disease, poverty, etc. But the point Piper makes is that when you get down to it, all these things are still about individual people. So while I agree that organizations exist for the communities, we must also keep a focus on how the organizations do their actual work. They work by affecting individual lives. As those lives change the community changes. I like to think that is what happens here at Hope Community Church. Of course, no organization is perfect. This reminds me of something I read in John Piper’s Future Grace. He spoke to some high school students about the need for sexual purity. Many of them were concerned with big issues like world hunger, disease, poverty, etc. But the point Piper makes is that when you get down to it, all these things are still about individual people.

So while I agree that organizations exist for the communities, we must also keep a focus on how the organizations do their actual work. They work by affecting individual lives. As those lives change the community changes.

I like to think that is what happens here at Hope Community Church. Of course, no organization is perfect.

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