We need to be careful of the paths we try to lead people through as we integrate them into the church. We can create just as much isolation through forcing people into community that they don’t want, as in not providing opportunities for community for those seeking it.

Don’t we all just want a place to belong?
A place where we feel our needs are met and our desires are important?

The Church tends to try to take people from, “Hi, I’m visiting,” to “share your darkest secrets with this person who is now in your small group…” in a moments time. In most cases, I think the word intimacy needs to go. Try and find it in your Bible anyway…

We need to look at how we reach people at Public Circles, Social Circles, Personal Circles, and Intimate Circles without making the huge jump from Public to Intimate with no relationship building in between….