Pushing the envelop to spread the gospel

Tuesday night I helped lead the discussion after watching the video for the Alpha course. Our group is co-sponsoring this series with a local Lutheran group. They have been holding these studies for about 5 years and having good success at teaching basic Christian principles to interested people at all levels of commitment and non-commitment. When it became time to host the studies again they decided to try some new approaches. Since they are currently without their own permanent meeting place they asked us if they could use our building and invited us to join in the classes. We thought it was an interesting concept, a way to show Christian unity and to share in the spreading of the gospel to people we normally don't reach. We have about 12 people who come.

This co-sponsorship is what can happen when you realize your group doesn't have a monopoly on the truth and it allows the gospel to be shared.