Juarez Pastor's Meeting July 2009

Juarez Pastor's Meeting July 2009, originally uploaded by Justin and Julie Kirklin.

On Tuesday, July 7th, I had the privledge of attending the pastors meeting in Juarez, MX. The pastors meeting is a gathering of all of the pastors working with Casas Por Cristo to worship, learn, encourage, and discuss about the Church in Juarez and business matters of Casas Por Cristo.
I attended the meeting with the Executive Director of Casas Por Cristo, David Robertson. He explained to me how awesome the pastors meeting is. The meeting has become the largest unified gathering of Pastor's in Juarez, MX. There are pastors from many different denominationscoming to gather for the sake of the gospel in their city. This is something that we have not even accomplished in the States. When these men gather who are serving Christ in Juarez, it's not about denomination, doctrine, or controversie, it's about Christ and the work of the gospel. It is one of the coolest things I have seen in the church today. It is just funny that I found such a beautiful thing on a back road in the middle of a city in Mexico.
I learned an important lesson. I have had this idea that we in the United Sates sit at the top of the most advanced society in the World and it seems that we have it together when it comes to "doing church". After what I saw yesterday, I think that the American Church has so far to go when it comes to unifying Body of Christ for effective change in our country. I pray that God will help us be a little more like the brothers in Mexico.