What is Foremost?

About a year ago, I came upon some statistics that confirmed what I already suspected in my heart. According a study by Barna:

• Only three out of ten church-going adults (29%) indicated that they view worship as something that is focused primarily on God.
• For most Americans worship is to satisfy or please them, not to honor or please God. Amazingly, few worship-service regulars argue that worship is something they do primarily for God; a substantially larger percentage of attenders claim that attending worship services is something that they do for personal benefit and pleasure.
• One out of every five attenders admitted that they had no idea what the most important outcome of worship is.
• Only 4 out of 10 Pastors indicated worship as a Top 3 priority in their churches.

Over the past 5 years I’ve had the opportunity to get a unique perspective on the Church of America. I serve with a Ministry called Time To Revive and the mission is to Equip the Saints for the return of Christ. So when we’re invited into a city we work to cultivate what the Lord is already doing there to bring the Church together and bring His Kingdom into that community. I’ve been able to serve in nearly 50 communities coming along side community, church and worship leaders to build up the Church in our nation. It has developed in me an incredible love for the Church, but it has also allowed me to see the glaring weaknesses in the Body of Christ.

I know it sounds cliche, but the reason I’ve developed this resource is because I’ve begun to feel the heart of the Father…I’ve felt some of the hurt and grieving He feels. I sense Him saying He longs for His Bride to put Him back at the center of the Church. His heart is for us to fulfill the Greatest Commandment first…before anything else.