More than ever our churches are tossed about, transformed by and reflective of a global materialism that is frightening in its ability to remake ecclesial life into its own image.
Ephraim Radner
Love Wins
More than ever our churches are tossed about, transformed by and reflective of a global materialism that is frightening in its ability to remake ecclesial life into its own image.
Ephraim Radner
Love Wins
At a previous post (which one, I can’t remember just now) I was moved to make a remark about the church growth movement, and then decided against it. Now, I’ll say I have come to believe that obsession with membership numbers, the willingness to take on significant debt in order to construct large “plants”, etc., are part of that re-making of ecclesial life.
When the preservation of the institution becomes more important than the value of individuals, there’s trouble on the horizon.
Amen. Well said.
Community churches, which have been parts of families and communities for generations, seem to be dying out. The megachurches seem to be the only ones thriving.