sad or angry?
I'm having a hard time nailing down exactly which emotion I feel when I talk with pastor's who continue to be oblivious to the state of the church in America. Part of me is sad at the prospect of the painful future for those guys who chose to continue on with life as usual. The failure to recognize the irrelevance and disconnectedness of their ministry will leave them trying to figure out what went wrong when their church chooses to move past them.
They are unaware that church members of today are no longer limited to their sermons or what goes on in their church. They know far more of what is happening or what is not happening than in days gone by.The failure to keep up with the kind of leadership skills needed or to build and sharpen ministry skills, is more fatal than before.
On the other and I feel anger as I see people who are not influenced for spiritual growth and even more, people who do not have the opportunity to be reconciled with the Father because the church ministry is totally self focused.
I guess what I am going to have to settle for is neither sadness or anger, but patience. The kind of patience to prayerfully hope for awakenings by the Spirit.
They are unaware that church members of today are no longer limited to their sermons or what goes on in their church. They know far more of what is happening or what is not happening than in days gone by.The failure to keep up with the kind of leadership skills needed or to build and sharpen ministry skills, is more fatal than before.
On the other and I feel anger as I see people who are not influenced for spiritual growth and even more, people who do not have the opportunity to be reconciled with the Father because the church ministry is totally self focused.
I guess what I am going to have to settle for is neither sadness or anger, but patience. The kind of patience to prayerfully hope for awakenings by the Spirit.

