Chilliwack. It has been the pun of jokes (Chilli-hicks), the name of a (mediocre) band from the 70's and easily recognizable for the mountains, farms and churches. Being smack in the middle of the "bible belt" of BC, Chilliwack bears distinction of being referred to on Wikipedia as "agricultural regions which has a higher than average level of church attendance." That to me says one thing: We've got a lot of churches and a lot of people attending churches but how many people have an actual REAL relationship with Jesus Christ?
For so long, church and religion have gone hand in hand. To be religious was to go to church. This is proving to be less and less true as more and more of our town is being dragged out of church and into the drug-induced culture that seems to run so rampant in the down town core. Going to church isn't the issue here. Lots of people "go" to church, yet live fairly empty lives. My challenge to you today is to examine yourself and ask what kind of relationship do YOU have with Jesus Christ? Is He someone you know? Don't know? Don't WANT to know?
At Keystone Chilliwack, our mission is to build relationships by training and teaching EVERYONE that comes through our doors. It doesn't matter if you've been going to church for 30 years or you've never stepped foot in a church building before. Jesus Christ died on the cross for YOU.
