The Best Church in America!

Blessings to you and yours tonight. It has been a very good day. I wanted to share with you why today has been such a blessing...it started right. What do I mean? We began our day by attending what may be...no it is...the best church in America. Now that is a heady claim and how can one know that his or her church is the best church in America? Well you really can't make that claim but it is wonderful that you love your church so much that you make that claim.

I attend Brown's Bridge Community Church (BBCC) in Cumming, Georgia. It is a sister church to Northpoint Community Church in Alpharetta, GA. The founding and current pastor is Andy Stanley (son of Charles). I believe Andy is the most gifted communicator and leader of any church in America, perhaps the world. You could of course make this claim of many men, but for me he is the Man! Of course Andy is very humble and has no ego. He is all about growing the kingdom and growing those people he has influence over. A few reasons I think I attend the best church in America:

• The church is full of people like me. We all are marred, yet redeemed.
• The church has one purpose...to bring people into a relationship with Jesus Christ
• The Worship is unbelievable
• The messages are timely and non-threatening
• Anyone is welcome and no one feels out of place
• There is no dress code...come as you are
• People are baptized regularly (this means people come to Christ regularly)
• It is not about numbers or affiliations with any denomination
• The numbers that do attend represent families coming together willingly and eagerly to share life together.
• Small groups are the foundation of this church. You can't be a member unless you are in a small group.
• My small group members are my closest friends. We literally are sharing life together...the good, the bad and the ugly.
• I can be myself at BBCC. There is no agenda
• I have never seen an invitation to accept Christ given, but people get saved weekly?? The people are going out to their workplaces, schools etc. and sharing Christ.
• There are no business meetings...therefore no one is getting mad and leaving.
• Buildings are not important. We have nice buildings but they are used to the max

There are of course many other reasons why I think BBCC is the best church in America but I think it comes down to this. I feel this fellowship mirrors the early church in Acts. The people shared everything. They met in homes. They shared food together and they shared their hurts, fears, needs and their lives. This could be why the membership is growing rapidly and new churches and new converts are being added daily.

I would never want you to think that I am saying your church is not great. That is not my purpose here. My purpose is to say that I am blessed to be at this place for such a time as this. God has led me here, God keeps me here and I pray that I never take for granted the privilege of being a part of this great church, among great people led by the finest staff of any church anywhere. We can do so much more but we are doing much in this shattered world. To God be the glory...great things He has done.