Northcoast goes Big on Externally Focused
I meant to blog on this a few months ago when I visited out at North Coast Church in Vista, CA. www.northcoastchurch.com. They were making plans then for this weekend of service throughout the whole North County area.
I spoke to Chris Mavity a few weeks ago and they already had about 4000 signed up to participate in this great outreach into the community.
Northcoast is best known probably for its multi site and video venue innovations, but they are just as strong in some other areas.
Check out the article. It even makes mention of our Leadership Network Leadership Communities:
That work became more focused about three years ago, when the church hired Casey Yorman as its first community service pastor. About a year and a half ago, Yorman said the idea of a churchwide project was planted after he attended a meeting with Leadership Network, a national group focused on church strategies for pastors.Yorman said discussion at the meeting was on what it means to be an externally focused church, or a church that cares about its community rather than just its own congregation.
"Most people think of a church as a secret club, but we want to be externally focused," Yorman said, "a church that cares for its community and wants to show it."
If you want some more on the Externally Focused movement, check out our Externally Focused Conference this May: Externally Focused Conference
I will blog later this week about Larry Osborne's new book. Larry is the Lead Pastor at Northcoast.
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