The Church and its future
Have you ever sat down and wondered about where all this is going? I don't mean pre-destination/heaven etc...no I mean the here and now or rather the now and then. I do sometimes wonder if the churches that I am asked to go into and try to develop some for of youth work actually realise what they are asking for. My main response is " I can't promise more bums on seats for you! I can't do all the work without you! and the strongest one...I won't spend my time with young people trying to get them to conform to your idea of church adn worship!"
Some strong and sometimes brave things to say (you should meet some of the PCC members - school teachers have nothing on these guys - I love them all of course!!). But what is the future? What should be our areas of evangelism? To whom? and for want of a better phrased question What can we do with the new christians we come in contact with?
If you can take yourself out of what we see as church for just now, can you see what will become of the established church as we know it?
Can you forsee a future where the Godhead is still worshipped?
What can we do to continue God's plan for this world without becoming to self obssessed about what we want?
Lots of questions....open to all discussions...
M
2 comments:
None of us can see the future. Like the Mustard Seed parable we have no comprehension of what will actually be the end product of our efforts or of our lack of effort.
The building up of The Kingdom is often sadly confused with the building up of the church. The Kingdom, of essence should be free of distinctions such as denomination/religion. so is what they want you to do Kingdom focused or church focused?
The best we can do is to follow what is in our hearts and carry it out with energy and integrity. You won't go far wrong with that. Don't become obsessed with popularist definitions of success.
God Bless.
Yes but I think you missed the point.
What is it that is in your heart? How do you build up the Kingdom of Heaven?
I'm not asking what your great ideas are, rather how do you see the people of today reacting to the religion that we find ourselves entwined into? How do we step beyond the parameters of today to save us and the world of tomorrow?
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