Relationship is the Glue

Written by Nakules Veran Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:00

New York is the most populous city in the US and yet one of the loneliest cities. It is the common belief that New York is an isolating, coldhearted sort of place. Mark Twain called it “a splendid desert—a domed and steepled solitude, where the stranger is lonely in the midst of a million of his race.”

It is not unusual to see a huge surge in crowds at different intervals and at choice locations.  But conversations are relinquished to but a few. It’s so easy to be lost in this milieu of bodies and not have a person to talk to.

As churches grow, the milieu of bodies become a familiar sight and much like the subways of New York, there’s a constant change of “clients” as they fill the seats that were recently vacated.  Conversations much like relationships need to be intentional and opportunities for such have to be thought out. Relationship is what will keep your members and have them coming back.

 “Relationship is the glue that holds a church together.”  Rick Warren

 Do you have a plan to foster relationships?