Following… or Leading?

The poet David Perkins once wrote

“Do not follow where the path leads, Rather go where there is no path, and leave a trail.”

I believe this is what God has called the Salvation Army local church (Corps) to – trailblazing.  We shouldn’t be copying the methods of WillowCreek and the like, but neither should we be copying the methods of our forefathers.

Each of us is in a unique situation.  Our community that we need to reach for God, (a given as our mission hasn’t changed, we are after all The Salvation Army) differs from country to country and even from suburb to suburb.

We each need to implement the best and most effective way to achieve that mission.