Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Some Idols Have Steeples
Wow I can smell the hate mail even as I write. If your church is more interested in saving the carpet than saving souls, see above. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with taking care of your building, but which takes more of your budget, reaching the building plan or reaching the lost? Are people afraid to breathe in your church for fear of damaging some relic (and what is a relic, really)?
A sanctuary by definition is a place of refuge would someone who has taken the worst the world has to offer find refuge in your sanctuary or would the "the weight of the judgmental glances let them know that their chances are better out on the road." (Casting Crowns, "If We Are the Body")
Here's the thing, the church is the people, and one day that building that you spend so much time worrying about is going to burn. Will your congregation have invested in that which is eternal—the souls of your community? Just something to think about and maybe to act on.
Wow I can smell the hate mail even as I write. If your church is more interested in saving the carpet than saving souls, see above. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with taking care of your building, but which takes more of your budget, reaching the building plan or reaching the lost? Are people afraid to breathe in your church for fear of damaging some relic (and what is a relic, really)?
A sanctuary by definition is a place of refuge would someone who has taken the worst the world has to offer find refuge in your sanctuary or would the "the weight of the judgmental glances let them know that their chances are better out on the road." (Casting Crowns, "If We Are the Body")
Here's the thing, the church is the people, and one day that building that you spend so much time worrying about is going to burn. Will your congregation have invested in that which is eternal—the souls of your community? Just something to think about and maybe to act on.
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