the churches are getting bigger and bigger;yet the world is getting worse, do you think they(the churches) are failing in the message that JESUS wanted us to hear????
2006-08-06 12:30:54 · 15 answers · asked by working4jc1 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
l can see your point, is a large beautiful building a better way to incourage people to visit and learn about God. or would sending that money to third world nations that worship cows and statues, or thing that Christians are infidels and that it is their perpose in life to distroy the Christians. perhaps the churches should give that money to the homeless that sit on the corner with a sign that says will work for food. but get insulted if you offer them a job, instead of money. or perhaps they should donate to missionaries, Oh that's right they already do that. well how about if the set up food banks so the the needy can get food when they have spent most of their money on alcohol. Oh that's right a lot of churches do that too. or perhaps the fact that large attractive churches attractive people that give money to those churches so they can feed the hungry, and support missionaries. and that is on top of the contributions that they give to charities like the red cross, and the united way.
2006-08-06 12:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It isn't the size of the churches that is at fault, but maybe the people inside that aren't doing enough to bring that message to to world. But then people complain that the Christians are "shoving the message down their throats" and trying to take that right away from us. The question is "how can we do a better job of bringing Jesus' message to the world?"
2006-08-06 12:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by cj_justme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Often churches grow and grow and then become focused on meeting the needs of their own people and lose sight of God's desire that "no one should perish but that all should come to repentance." That doesn't mean that churches shouldn't grow, just that they need to be on the alert and watchful at all times.
Another problem is that it is pretty easy to be a follower of Jesus in the U.S. right now, so there are a lot of people who get caught up in the emotional aspect of "following" and "worshiping" but haven't really "counted the cost" of what it really means to deny self and live for Christ by loving others. They may be regular attenders at their local church because it gives them lots of cool stuff--friends and activities and an emotional experience, maybe even significance and recognition--but do they live out their Christian lives in their neighborhoods and schools, at work or the grocery store? Too often they don't.
2006-08-06 12:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much of the growth of churches in general can be attributed to the watering down of God's word. The more that they are willing to compromise their beliefs the larger the congregation will grow. The further we move from what God said in his word, the easier it is to appeal to the lost. The real question becomes, how long till the churches are simply an extension of the world, and the word of God has no place in them?
2006-08-06 12:51:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, yes. We, in our sinful nature, STILL want to prove to the world how "big" our relationship with God is by building "'big" churches.
The mega-churches in our era are more like shopping malls or amusement parks than places of worship and ministry. Jesus had a congregation of 12, no coffee shop, and chased capitalists doing business out of his Father's temple. Imagine how that would go over today...
2006-08-06 12:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, is the message of the churches, in this day and age, actually the message of Jesus anymore?
Is it still possible to find the pure, unadultrated message of jesus, and others like him, anywhere?
2006-08-06 12:43:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking:::Many churches are getting bigger because they are not teaching God's word, and are feeding the desires of the world.
2006-08-06 12:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most churches actually spout rhetoric, not the teachings of jesus. if more churches preached what jesus actually taught, the world would be more loving and accepting
2006-08-06 12:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by dcfike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To all who read this I offer the following:
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
2006-08-06 12:35:41 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy Pete 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's going exactly by "the book".
(Alot of liberal churches are failing miserably. Not that it concerns them at all).
2006-08-06 12:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by Red neck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋