The Church Has Failed Us

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It bothers me when Christians say, ‘The church has failed us’, as if it is the board of directors at the Southern Baptist Convention, the Vatican—or whomever—is responsible for failing to make the church into what the church ought to be. '’Church’ might be a denomination, a building, or an organized group of believers, but THE Church consists of followers of Jesus Christ who have been saved by grace through faith in him—the ‘body of Christ’. Instead of pointing fingers and saying the ‘church’ has failed at this or that, we might want to pause and take a hard look at ourselves first. Is the church failing us or are we failing the church? - G.S. West

Comments

[Chad]

You may want to make this posit to the guys at Abolish Human Abortion... They use this language A LOT and have now resorted to "church protesting"...

[ECH]

Good point, each of us make up the church. However, when a member sees and cautions against compromise, it is not easy for leaders to hear objections when other churches are sounding so successful. Ambitious churches really don't offer much substance. It's not failure. It is frustrating though.

I don't know if there is appropriate way to address concerns without sounding like you are complaining that the church doesn't live up to your personal standards, but i've never seen the church weaker than it is today. Do you have any suggestions?

[Greg]

Karter,

You've studied all organized religions enough to determine this or are you just speculating?

[Karter]

Its the system of control... All organised religions are. Thanks! Bye!