The good stuff is how to fix the Church. But before I continue, I need to define just what makes up "The Church". The Church is not the 4 walled building that you go to on Sunday.
The Church is us. You and me. The building that we go to is nothing more than a gathering place.
A gathering, or meeting place is important. God told us not to neglect meeting together and encouraging each other. Hebrews 10:25
But somewhere along the line, the Church building became more important than the actual Church, which is us.
I want to talk briefly about ministries. I love ministries. I run one called Needs Met. Ministries exist because Churches are not doing their job.
Why Churches dont, or maybe cant, do their job is probably a question for someone smarter than I am. I have a few thoughts on it, but I dont know exactly why.
I have served in a lot of Churches in my life. Baptist Churches, Assembly of God Churches, Independent Churches, Non-Denominational Churches, and many more.
To be fair, Churches do try. Some of them, especially the smaller ones that are not bogged down by red tape, and debt, try hard to make it work. Some of them do succeed.
But there are a lot that just cant.
Some Churches are so top heavy with overpaid Pastoral staff, that they dont have the ability to get things done.
Some Churches are do weighed down by rules and regulations, that they are old and lifeless and cant get anything done.
Other Churches are plagued by fear. Fear that they will lose donations, fear that they wont be able to handle the needs, or fear that they wont have another people to meet needs. Other Churches are isolationist. They don't want to venture outside their walls.
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