why are churches so irrelevant (not of any great force)in today's society?

Answer 1

Because the Church is the Body of Christ (comprised of people who are believers in him) and Christ's Kingdom is no part of this world. The world is carnal and cannot understand spiritual things (despite all its appearance of 'spirituality' in many quarters). As long as people in the world live for the satisfaction of their fleshly desires and not for God, they will despise and ridicule the Church. It was always thus.

Treating the Church as irrelevant is the Plan B tactic for those who cannot destroy the Church. The world is in darkness. When Christ came into the world, light broke through. Those whose deeds are dark, and done in darkness, hate the light. They try to destroy the light of Christ by attacking His Chuch. When that fails, they rubbish the Church as an irrelevance. But even the gates of hell cannot overcome Christ's Church, so no matter what society says or thinks, it continues as the most relevant force for good in the world. Of course, if you think good is an irrelevance...

Answer 2

Churches may seem irrelevant to a lot of people (mainly those who have no faith in God or who are not church members themselves), but it would be a mistake to assume that Christianity is irrelevant in today's society.

However, there is a perception, a feeling that the message preached from the pulpits often fails to address the questions and issues faced by people living in this 21st century. Please do not misunderstand - I believe the gospel message of Christ Jesus is as relevant, as important today as it was 2,000 years ago. But 'the church', with its rituals, its heirarchy, its traditions, its rules and regulations can seem unapproachable to the ordinary person. Sitting on a hard pew and listening to a sermon is not the same as engaging in conversation. People have questions and they need answers. Attending a Sunday morning church service may not satisfy that need. Indeed, the very thought of having to go into a church building can put people off.

Now I realise there are alternatives to traditional church services. Many Evangelical Christians take the message to the people, instead of expecting the people to come to them. Many denominations get out into the community to work with people - to offer practical help, to engage with politicians to make changes for good. Many Christians devote their talents, their time, their energy into helping others. Just not enough.

Another answerer mentioned the dilution of the gospel message and being more concerned with political correctness than preaching the Word of God. Good point. You cannot compromise - and those ministers who do are pleasing no-one, least of all God.

It is my personal opinion that the church has become complacent and too full of its own importance. Whilst it is true that the church is made up of people (and is not a building), and people are imperfect, the good news bit of the gospel message does not appear to be getting through to today's society. There seems to be a failure to inspire people with the joy, the peace, the comfort that comes from having a personal relationship with the risen Christ. Christianity is not about getting "bums on seats" - it's about living the Christian life and engaging with the lost, the lonely, the dispossessed and sharing the good news with them that Christianity is not a dead religion - it is alive and powerful and can transform lives for good.

Materialism and secularism appear to be winning. Apathy abounds. Perhaps 'the church' needs to give itself a good, hard shake and wake up to the reality that what worked 100 years ago is not working now. Perhaps 'the church' should square up to society and politicians and condemn dishonesty, immorality, lying and inequality (after first putting its own house in order). Perhaps 'the church' ought to spend some of its wealth on helping the poor and the sick. Perhaps 'the church' needs to repent and seek forgiveness and allow the Holy Spirit to direct it.

Answer 3

Because none of them have the POWER of the early Christian church.

Church attendance drops because the miracles, signs and wonders are missing. They are missing because the Catholic church has spent so much money and effort on destroying valuable scripture and killing the ones who had the POWER.

Also the modern church dismiss the non-canonical texts as heresy. Some early church father decided he didn't like those texts because they were dangerous to his authority. Why were they dangerous?
Because disempowered people at the bottom of society became empowered and uncontrollable and rebelled against the lies and disinformation they were fed.

That same uprising in going to come back into the world soon, so sit back and wait for the show!

Answer 4

You show on examples and know proof. Millions of people go to and assit Churches so being irrelevant is far from the truth. Peace

Answer 5

Since it's not the building or organization that changes society put the message that is brought forth I place the blame on those Preachers that preach a watered down, politically correct sermon.
And just for the record I'm a Preacher.

Answer 6

Because churches and all religions are based on things that people cannot prove and cannot possibly know. Who is God? There is no proof the Bible is true and Jesus even existed, etc.

People are beginning to figure it out.

www.isnrblog.com

Answer 7

Jesus teach us to be compasionate and good behaviour so church no point to be a great force

Answer 8

*Looking around my Mississippi town*

You could have fooled me.

My state has the highest per capita teen pregnancy rate in the nation due to church influence against birth control and sex ed.

Answer 9

Consciousness is changing---people are starting to object to being manipulated by these religions. A new spirituality, beyond religion, is growing

Answer 10

Because more people are realizing they work to hard to give their money to a church for nothing.