Friday, September 4, 2009
What is Going on with the Church?
Okay, I'm going to vent a bit after a conversation I had with a friend on Thursday. He told me that over the last 6 months they lost 800 people (they were a Church of 2,000) to another Church that is the popular go to Church. I know of 3 other Churches who lost similar numbers to the same Church . . . may I ask why? Has the idea of Church fallen to the god of consumerism that the one with the best show and stuff gets the warm bodies? This study in Acts speaks to so much more than what we experience Church as in 2009. Excite me, inspire me, wow me, get my attention or you will lose me, fix me, make me happy . . . appears to be the endless shopping list of desires that never quite get enough. This of course reduces God and we remove ourselves from the possibilities of transformation. I would love to sit and have a face to face conversation with Jesus and hear exactly what He would have to say about our current trends in "Church circles." Please join this conversation if you like.
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Sadly enough, I believe people in general dont want to hear the truth. It's my opinion that society makes it easy to think, "I can have my cake and eat it too". Entertain me, give me all the feel goods. People take the easy route. So if I dont like what I hear, I will go where I do like it and dont have to do anything. Just sit back and enjoy the show. Its easy to justify then.
ReplyDeleteI should have thought a little more before posting because I have come up with another possible scenario. Maybe the churches that have lost members were not providing something that the people desire. Maybe the same truths are being taught at each church,but the church with a growing membership do it in ways that the people can identify with. Maybe its not a problem with the people at all......
ReplyDeleteJust some thoughts