The following notes were made by me when I listened to someone online talking about folks in our days being “turned off by the church.” I failed to write down the source, it has been awhile since I made the notes, and now I do not know who he was. Nevertheless, I am going to post the notes here, thinking they might benefit someone. (If anyone recognizes the source, please let me know.)
Why are some people turned off by the church?
- By the people.
- By the preacher.
- By the hypocrisy.
- By begging (being robbed in church)
- By the message being polluted.
- By the sexual harassment.
- By promoting everything but Jesus Christ!
3 primary problems: We have abandoned our master; we have abandoned our mission of making disciples; we have abandoned our message.
Master. (John 13:13) They hung him high, stretched him wide, and dropped him low. Low in the grave he lay, but up from the grave he arose.
Mission. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20)
Message. (2 Timothy 4:2) If we do not know what the Bible is, then we do not know what the Bible says. If we do not know what the Bible says, then we cannot speak with authority from it.
“You can’t love Christ and hate his church.” There is a difference between frustration and hatred.
“Unfortunately, a lot of people meet other Christians before they meet Christ.” Tony Kennedy.
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