Barry Winders says the COVID-19 crisis is a hinge point for the church. This pivotal time demands mission-focused leaders lest the church slip back into the busyness and nonmissional activities of the pre-COVID-19 past.
Whether we accept it or not, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is a hinge point for the church. The church’s mission remains the same. But the execution of that mission has looked different during COVID-19 and will likely continue to be different after the crisis has passed.
You cannot always do in a crisis what you were doing before. The crisis demands something different from us to do the mission. It comes down to a binary choice. Do you want to be a pre-COVID-19 church that refuses to see the opportunities for mission created by the pandemic or a post-COVID-19 church that views the crisis as an opportunity to revitalize its mission?
