If we have to sacrifice our convictions of what is good and right to maintain our numbers, we must ask deep questions about the worthiness of what we are striving to maintain.
And yet he drew THOUSANDS of people who weren’t being served well by the religious leaders of that day! People like me are starving for the bread Christ’s message, and instead we are so often given stones by churches who value metrics over people. And that’s to say nothing about those who preach messages that are antithetical to Christ’s.
“We must think about the worthiness of what we are trying to maintain.”
Jason and I were talking about church growth and the precarious position extreme growth and building expansions / debt put onto the clergy.
I love that your little congregation is more concerned with being the hands and feet than putting butts in seats.
Well said and needs to be said more. I don’t think Jesus worried about his crowds. He is a One on One Lord.
And similarly, He didn't have a lot to say about maintaining buildings or leaning heavily on production value!
And yet he drew THOUSANDS of people who weren’t being served well by the religious leaders of that day! People like me are starving for the bread Christ’s message, and instead we are so often given stones by churches who value metrics over people. And that’s to say nothing about those who preach messages that are antithetical to Christ’s.