Many people get upset when new, young families come in with kids, start worshipping at the church, but don’t always know how to act–at least in the eyes of the old guard (seasoned Christians). Instead of focusing on the thrilling reality that the church is actually reaching these people, people get hung up that these families don’t know how to act. I liken it to getting mad at a baby because it soils its diaper. It is kind of idiotic, when you think about it. Baby Christians don’t know how to act or, don’t act the same way as other people think they should. We tolerate our babies when they come into our families because we love them. Why don’t we tolerate these babies in Christ, even if they are new Christians who come disguised as 80-years-old–and don’t know how to act?

The truth is, mission is messy. It’s always messy and it’s always chaotic. The New Testament church was in total chaos. It would out of control–humanly speaking. It was not, however, out of the control of the Holy Spirit! The truth is, if we are going to see massive growth of the Christian Movement, we are going to have to live with the mess. It’s probably not what you want to hear, but it’s a fact!