Church Focus
As I mentioned in my previous list post 3 Things the Church could do different, IMO I am now going to focus on the first thing, as promised.
The bigger church, especially in South Africa, tends to focus on teaching the people that already come to church. With this I am not saying that all the people in the church building is a reborn Christian, but if not, they will be in the minority.
Churches focus on creating great content for the sermons, great worship for the sermon and getting everything just right for the people that will come to the service. They will create sermon series with catchy titles, create great video introductions for the series, etc.
Churches will spend thousands, or millions, if they have that much, to have the best gear in the building. HD projectors, the biggest and best sound equipment and great lighting.
But I can’t help but ask the question, should this money not be used for uplifting the poor, orphans and widows? For getting missions started that will reach out and preach the gospel to the unsaved on the street, or in the house next door? Use this money to equip your people to be able to really spread the gospel, and not have to feel like they know too little of the Word to actually go out and speak to a stranger.
This is something that has been nagging me for the last couple of weeks, and it really gets me hot under the collar when I really sit down and think about it.
Yes, I love my church, I serve at my church. Yes I serve the very saved that I feel should be replaced with the unsaved.
I do however know that I have a calling on my life to go up in Africa and to serve orphans. Money is just a big issue, since this needs to be done out of pocket, and the time has not yet arrived for me to get into a Cruiser and drive the distance to get to where I will eventually end up at.
Will I still feel like this about the church come the time that I leave the church, and move out in faith?
I sincerely hope not…
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Just chatted to a friend today about the way we "do" church, and the idea of tithing. One of the most commonly used scriptures to support tithing is the one about bringing your offering to the storehouse. But, the way we "do" church has changed a little. A storehouse implies a place to keep safe a resource, until it is needed, right? However, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore, does it? Our tithe in the storehouse goes to maintaining the prettiness of the storehouse, and in the end we seem to have a very pretty, but empty store!
I share your mind boggle over this.
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