What cause do we have for the opinion that christian church outreach is a quantity of variety of mystery? The truth is that christian church outreach ideas are only a small part of growth and we need to understand that these ideas do not drop from the sky. Many churches get groups of people together with the job of doing nothing more than getting ideas together.
Is it in actual fact so hard for a christian church to grow? I hate to say this although the fact is the christian church is having a hard time because they are lacking something that they once had. The reach of the christian church seems to be short because we are trying to do it our way. The bible says about Gods arm that it is not too short to save. What then could be causing the failure of churches to see real growth through their outreach?
You may have a hard time believing this although the answer to the problem is an easy one. While our outreach ideas have had a number of slight success I believe they are simply a copy of what we see businesses doing in this world. Our churches have become obsessed with the numbers of people in the church so much so that you may just be another number on the christian church growth graph. If you wonder why the christian church is trying to copy the world you are not alone.
In reality the christian church is doing this because they do not know what else to do. What should be working just fine like it had for many years no longer is. I am talking about word of mouth advertising as being what the christian church used to do. Remember the days when a christian church was so on fire for God that everyone heard about it? I myself have never seen that in my own generation since I am fairly young.
Strong churches are not something people are used to seeing these days. In todays christian church we may be lucky enough to see large numbers of people. We may even see christian churches active in the community. What people will not find in many cases though are christians who live out the word of God.
Here is the point where we see the truth of why christian churches use outreach programs like marketing. christian churches are using methods the world does since they do not have the power of God any longer in most of them to make people want to know what is going on in those white washed tombs we call churches.
I still believe in church. Many christian churches out there are doing all that they can to keep to the bible. I love the christian church myself. Like the bible said though...many people in the christian church in these last days have no love. Churches have begun to not only tolerate sin, but they are putting it in places of authority! The early church was not like the one we have on every corner today.
If you remember the bible said that we should not glory at how accepting we are although rather we should be wanting those who blemish our assemblies to be removed. Paul even talked about turning over people to Satan that they would have their bodies destroyed. I don’t think you will hear that now.
In fact, if a pastor openly started pointing a finger and saying to certain people that they are not real Christians you would find churches casting that pastor out of their church. The bible on the other hand says to mark those who walk contrary to the word of God. The church may not be holding onto growth or it may just be growing from members church hopping however it will not grow spiritually and in all the ways that count because it traded the way of God for the way of man. It is written that christians are supposed to be a strange people. This will reason us to stand out in society.
The message of the church must be more crucial than the means the message gets to people. This is going to be done by having a great quality of people in our christian churches doing the outreach. It would make no sense for someone who is not following God to tell another that they need Him. We need to get serious with our walk with God before our outreach ideas can be effective.
To sum things up you need to check your churches walk with God prior to growth happens. The sad truth is that if you are not following the commands of God then you are not a christian. Those people are like flies in a cool glass of water. They destroy the water from the rest of us by contaminating it with their poison.
Our outreach ideas may be small if we do this. Because of the quality of those people though the christian church will grow through that outreach!
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