Hang around Scott Winstead, our Senior Pastor at Crossroads, for more than 5 minutes and you’ll hear him talk about vision. It’s one of his passions and I love how it impacts what we do.
“People give to vision, not to need,” is one of my favorites. Don’t tell me about your need. Tell me how my investment can help fuel something significant, and particularly, something that goes way beyond anything I think I could do on my own.
Theresa Hoeft, a staffer at Granger Community Church, facilitates ministry experiences to help people take their next steps toward Christ beyond the weekend services. She invited friends to attend Granger with her recently, asking them to give a fresh, critical lense to everything they experienced that Sunday. Their most significant comment surprised me. It wasn’t about the greeters, children’s environments, coffee bar, or the auditorium topic. It was “If we are going to give our money and our time to this church, really, where does it go and what do you really stand for?”
They were asking for information on the Granger investment. Hoeft realized “this couple was looking at this as an investment of their time and money. This was a place that was going to impact and shape their children. This was a place that they would spend time at, which means not spending time somewhere else. Was it worth it?”
Crossroads is driven by an investment vision. We estimate that 65,000 people within a 30 minute drive of our rented building either don’t know Christ as personal savior or have no meaningful connect with any church. God has called us to target those 65,000. Our vision is no less than changing the entire spiritual makeup of our county. That’s a vision that motivates me. I’m investing.
