partnership costs

Here at Meadowhead Christian Fellowship we promote the value of seeking to work wherever and whenever we can with our fellow Christians from different denominations. We have learnt to value diversity and understand that unity isn’t uniformity. We can choose to “agree to disagree” on style, and practise and still seek to partner together where ever we can. I think its very important that when you work together with Christians from different congregations you don’t do so with the motivation of “what am I going to get out of this?”  Sadly I meet  Christians who seem to work with others only when it appears convenient or helpful to achieve their own goals or promote their “ministries”. I really believe we de-value and diminish partnership when we enter into it on such terms. There’s an old prayer which has the line “to give and not to count the cost”, and although it’s a challenging value to live by its what gives the added value to our common life together. You can’t have a successful marriage on the basis of putting yourself first, and any partnership asks the same questions of us. The kingdom of God demands no less. Hope08 remains a big challenge to all the church as it asks these questions of the quality of our partnerships together.