People learn to shop for churches; there is no loyalty to the church. They're consumers being attracted to one product or another. I think it's sacrilege, to tell you the truth, it really is.
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Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.
Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.
The church is in the hope business.
Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.
People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine.
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