Saturday, March 05, 2005

What's wrong with some churches

"I'd much rather deal with teenagers and the problems associated with their acquisition and application of basic academic skills, and the social problems that result from their forced association with a community called "school" every day than attempt to accomplish some form of Christian ministry in the face of oppositional deacons, self-appointed monarchs and power brokers in the church. "
So says Sandy a poster at Baptist Life

Now it sounds to me like Sandy may have started life out as a Pastor and got burned badly? I don't know. His point is well taken in my opinion. There are just some churches around that ought to shut down their operation. They may be harmless in their existence but as far as the Kingdom is concerned they are useless. These churches have all the accoutrements of a real church and go through the motions Sunday, Wednesday, Sunday week by week. These churches may baptize a few people, probably for the most part their own children, and there may be a little transfer membership but for the most part they are dead in water. These churches tend to become the play houses for the people Sandy talks about in the quote above.

Church Growth the human way versus the Biblical way.

1 comment:

Annette said...

I agree with Jane. The focus of some churches has shifted away from the glory of God to the glory of the leadership. The focus is on filling the pews rather than ministering to the flock.