It's about relationships!

I am currently reading "The Multi-site Church Revolution" by Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon, and Warren Bird. The following is a quote by Craig Cheney, a campus pastor for Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. In talking about how their church's outreach is framed in a relational pattern he says "Without the relationship, we're just bringing them a program. Programs don't produce life change. God uses people in relationship to each other to bring about life change. And life change is what it's all about." That's it! We have got to be relational. Not just listening but being real and transparent ourselves, showing those we come in contact what Christ's love is all about.