I've been reading The 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do, by Mark Attebery. Just finished Dumb Move #5: Hopping from Church to Church. The chapter reminded me of a conversation I recently had with a former attendee (never joined the church so I can't call the person a "member").
I can count on one hand the number of Sundays this person was in church in the last year. The couple recently decided to attend another church, admittedly closer to their denominational heritage, but the person remarked that one reason they left was because they "missed solid preaching on holiness and right Christian living."
I wanted to say, "If you'd showed up in church once in a while, you wouldn't miss it! And we've just finished a month-long series entitled 'Returning to Holiness.'" But I didn't. I just smiled, and wished them well.
They're a classic example of people who complain about not feeling connected. And they don't fell connected because they don't connect.
28 February 2007
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2 comments:
nice post. people are so weird, but not us though. :-)
you are back in blogosphere. welcome back.
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