So I am still reading this book called Revolution and it is sparking a lot of thoughts in my head. The books talks about different way that people experience there faith. The author breaks it down to four different categories one being alternative faith based communities (meaning small groups, theology pubs, discipleship). Basically different ways of experiencing faith besides connecting with a local church. Working for a local church I am also thinking about way to get people who are not connected with our church to connect. Just to clarify I am talking about Christians that are not connected with churches. Which you doing think there would be a lot, but actually there at least 3 million people in America that claim they are evangelical Christians that are not connected with a church.
This past weekend I was in North Carolina. Unlike the state that I live in it is safe to say that there are a lot of people that are Christians in NC. But a pastor there told me that only 30% of Christians were tied to churches there, this was a surprise to me. After hearing this I asked myself this question:What does it take to get Christians tied into a local?
Or if they are tied into a local church what will it take to keep them there?
I am not saying that I all Christians have to go to a church. I understand that a lot of people don’t go to church, because of many reasons. They might have had a bad experience with church, or they just don’t fell that they don’t get fulfilled at church. Felling that church does not give them a sense of being close to God. So they find other ways. Some might fell closer to God in there P.J.s reading the bible with a hot cup of coffee. Some might fell closer to God singing in the shower.
While in a bookstore this past weekend I overheard a conversation, from a lady that was looking for a book. She was looking for a book that would answers some about Jesus’ life. She said that she loved her church but she felt that she was getting enough answers about Jesus’ life.
Now I am sure that this is a common all everywhere. But this tells me this is something that is plaguing a lot of people. They are searching for answers and they can not find them at their church. People are obviously asking big questions that they are not getting answered at church.
So can you cure this? Can you?
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