Belong before belief

“People in emerging generations need to belong before they will believe. We try to get them to believe before they belong.” – Dan Kimball, They Like Jesus but not the Church

I ran across this quote today, and it really nailed me. For the last few weeks, I have really starting noticing that my students aren’t really feeling connected with each other as well as with me. How can I teach principles of God’s Word if i don’t even know them? I sat here writing sermons and teaching materials and really didn’t even know what my students needed. God is really helping me to unlearn some things and relearn others in this ministry.
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