There is a world of need and hurt waiting outside your church doors. The key question: can the church be relevant in the lives of people in our communities?

Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell would answer with an emphatic yes. And it’s important to note that he isn’t just espousing a theory — he and his church ( Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston) live out the call to be relevant, real, and reliable to the people in their neighborhood.

Find out how your church can make an impact in your community and discover kingdom-building concepts that will help you redefine evangelism as CCN presents Taking the Sanctuary to the Streets live via satellite.

Kirbyjon has seen this new form of evangelism played out in a caring, cutting-edge, Christian community as people look for solutions to their problems.

You’ll discover practical ways to take your church from the idea state to implementation by promoting execution, propelling initiative, and projecting integrity. You will understand the biblical mandate for the “Kingdom-Building Concept,” which involves identifying individual and community needs … and then meeting them.

“ God’s good news is proclaimed in words and symbols, it is celebrated in liturgies and rituals, but it is communicated by corporate life and example.” (Albert C. Outler)

Here’s your chance to start communicating the gospel through the life and the example your church sets in your community.

Kirbyjon Caldwell is the Senior Pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston . He is the author of The Gospel of Good Success and Entrepreneurial Faith, and the founder of nine independently managed community-based organizations. He is widely recognized for his dynamic leadership in community development.