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Thanks to Legacy Cyclists who donated the funds Several months ago I wrote about The Bikeable Church by Sean Benesh. The idea of a bike-friendly church captured my attention, and we now have bike racks placed around our church campus. Why? Plano and North Dallas have a large cycling population. We have a cycling group connected to Legacy Church that includes over 50 riders. We provide parking places for car. Why not bicycles? Sam and Paul installing a rack The issue for me is that in our community cycling is a hobby and not part of our day-to-day lives. (Some would say our faith is like that too. ) My hope is that we can take away the excuse, "If I did ride my bike to church or work, there's no place to put my bike." My prayer is that more churches and businesses will provide for those who will ride instead of drive . You now have no excuse to ride your bike to Legacy on a beautiful day. Paul Olson, Me, Sam Montag, Jim Hoyt, Mike Tenbusch ...

For many years I have invited Christ followers to see the church and themselves as "a mission outpost where every member is a missionary in his or her own mission field." Whenever I find someone else calling for the same way of living, I get fired up and realize maybe the idea is more than a catchy phrase.  Meet Sean Benesh . He lives in Portland with his wife, Katie, and his three sons. He is a missionary on a bicycle . He has written a short book called, The Bikeable Church , which I endorsed because I was captured by his questions and heart to be a missionary in the true sense where he was planted. He's some of his thinking and challenge: Why do we continue to insist on auto-based commuting patterns for church life and worship? What if we simply reduced the scale and scope to that which is bikeable and/or walkable? As missiologists one of the principles behind exegeting a city is to learn how people naturally gather for fellowship and community. Most often...