Quote from “The Externally Focused Church”

This is a quote from “The Externally Focused Church” (A brilliant book by the way):

“The church has a place in creating healthy, transformed communities. Churches don’t have the luxury of withdrawing from the community. Whether they feel wanted or not, churches must realize that the community cannot be healthy, and all that God wants it to be, without their active engagement and involvement in its life - that’s the way God designed it.” - Page 58

How convicting is that? Especially “whether they feel wanted or not…”…ouch!