what if?

re|focus. re|form. re|surge.

:: these are a few questions we are asking as we seek to follow God’s vision for The Paradox Church.

transformed lives
what if there was a church that glorified God through lives transformed…?

where they served a God who was big enough to be worthy of glory, worship, and praise and not just some nebulous deity who grants us three wishes if we do good?

where it was so raw, so gritty, so honest, that deep, dark stuff could finally be dug up and dealt with?

where the men would be men and reflect the character of God and speak into that darkness and bring the light of the Gospel?

where it wasn’t a dispenser of religious goods and services but a place where iron violently sharpens iron and real community and relationships took place?

where women could be honest about their struggles without the judgment and criticism of other women?

where men weren’t passive, impotent, and fearful of failure; or brash, immature, insecure – but leaders, cultivators, builders, redeemers, and creators?

where the Bible is taught, read, and used to reveal the immutable, unmatching, marvelous light of the glory of God and not some self-help, road map to life?

transformed city
what if there was a church that glorified God through…a city transformed?

where they loved their city and weren’t indifferent to it?

where the revitalization and growth of fort worth is greatly influenced by the Gospel?

where local business leaders came to the church to learn leadership development and not the other way around?

where city leaders and city government came to the church to seek advice on how to care for the city – the poor, homeless, city development, public schools, and/or understanding its culture and values?

where local artists and musicians came to the church to learn from a creative God and creative people who “image” the Creator?

where they trained men in how to purchase real estate, watch tv & movies through gospel lenses, make a budget, create a business plan, love their wives, raise their boys to be courageous and godly, and date their daughters?

what if their was a church that had infiltrated every domain of a city – government, medicine, law, business, arts, education – and transformed it from within for the betterment of the city and the Glory of God, ushering in His Kingdom?

what if?