Flock Book
Churches Around the World Look Very Different. A House Church Meeting in a Village and a Large Congregation in a Capital City May Share Little in Language, Music or Custom. But Walk Into Either, and You Will Find the Same Need: Everyone Wants to Be Loved, Cared For and Remembered.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb
Revelation 7:9 (KJV)
The Pastor’s Place in People’s Lives
In Many Developing Nations, a Pastor Is Far More Than a Preacher. Families Look to Their Pastor at a Birth and at a Death, in Sickness, in Money Trouble and When a Son or Daughter Is to Be Married. Congregations Have High Expectations of Their Pastors, and They Have Every Reason to, Because the Pastor Is Often the First Person They Turn to.
That Is a Great Honour and a Heavy Load. Many of These Pastors Care For Large Congregations With Few Helpers and Little Money. They Need Simple Tools That Do Not Add to the Burden.
Celebrating Lives That Are Rarely Celebrated
For Many People in the World, a Birthday Passes Unnoticed. There May Be No Money For a Party, and Nobody Outside the Family May Know the Date. Imagine What It Means When the Whole Church Rises on Sunday and Gives Thanks to God For That Person’s Life. For Some, It Will Be the First Time Anyone Has Ever Done So. It Costs Nothing, and It May Stay With Them For Life.
Care Looks Different in Each Place, and That Is Right
- In One Place, a Phone Call Is Best. In Another, Only a Visit Will Do.
- Some Cultures Celebrate Loudly. Others Prefer a Quiet Word.
- In Some Places It Is Wiser to Keep a Person’s Faith or Church Life Private. Always Follow Local Wisdom, and Protect Your People.
- Greet People in Their Own Language, and in the Way That Shows Them Honour.
The Heart Does Not Change
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1 Peter 5:2 (KJV)
The Instruction Was First Written to Scattered Believers in Many Provinces. The Flock Is “among you”: The People in Front of You, in Your Own Place. That Is as True in a Village in Asia as It Is in a City in South America.
How Flock Book Helps
Flock Book Was Built With a Vision For Churches in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America. Dates, Phone Numbers and Currency Follow Your Church’s Country, and You Can Call or WhatsApp a Family in One Tap. One Membership Covers Your Whole Team, Because a Church’s Care Should Not Depend on the Size of Its Budget.
