The church’s all-time biggest blunders
Someone in our community posted this on our church blog...
" I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH " MATTHEW 16 : 18
It’s never too late to learn from our blunders. Here are seven:
(1) We’ve made unbelief a doctrine. While third-world nations believe God for New Testament results, we teach our seminary students that God doesn’t do miracles anymore
(2) We’ve tolerated division. Who needs the devil when we’re so adept at hating one another in the name of denominational loyalty?
(3) We’ve cultivated a religious spirit. We’ve taught that Christianity is about avoiding things like smoking and drinking. As a result we’ve lost our joy, because intimacy with God cannot be achieved through performance
(4) We’ve encouraged ‘super stars’. Consequently, some of our preachers have stopped modelling servant-hood and have forgotten that Jesus washed feet and rode on a donkey
(5) We’ve equated money with success. We’ve found a way to ‘theologise’ greed, instead of using our God-given prosperity to feed the poor and reach the world with the Gospel
(6) We’ve stayed in the pews and become irrelevant. We freak out when somebody uses rap or rock music to reach the younger generation. Instead of engaging the culture, we’re hiding from it
(7) We’ve taught people to be escape-artists. Instead of ‘occupying till He comes’, we’d rather be astronauts and fly away. We read rapture novels when we should be praying for those living on the verge of martyrdom. Why can’t we have their kind of faith? We can - if we’re willing to pay the price and commit ourselves fully to God!
Something to chew on over the holiday. Enjoy
How often should a network of house churches meet together? - This is a question I'm asking myself at the moment... tell me what you think!
.Posted by: Central Vineyard | 12/07/2002 06:10:00 pm |
Vineyard Churches UK - National Leaders' Conference
Speakers will include John & Eleanor Mumford, Steve Barber, John and Debby Wright, Andrew Wallis, Jamie Watters, Jay Pathak, and Stuart Murray-Williams. Workshops will be lead by Jason Clark, Mal Callandine and others. We are anticipating that worship will be led by Brenton Brown, Marc James and friends... Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th March 2003
