American churches work very hard at reaching out to people to bring them in.
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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.
The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.
But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc.
Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.
Churchgoers in America are notorious for jumping into movements, even ideas that are hard to listen to. But when they actually have to change their lifestyle and do something about it, it rarely translates into action.
I don't think we should focus on what church that person walks into .. I think we need to focus on what they do when they walk out of church.
The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.
Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.
Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community.
Churches, by the very reason of their structures, are monolithic and do not adapt easily. But in many cases, they, too, have allowed themselves to become allied or even part of an unjust establishment or system.