What's happened to the church?

 

What's happened to the church? A lot of pastors have gone away from traditional teachings that once made the church a place for sinners and back-sliders to give their life to Jesus Christ and re-dedicate their life to Jesus Christ. I started to observe some of the changes when I went to Shiloh Christian Church from 1987-1988 in Hartford, where church was 3 1/2 hours long. Service started at 10AM and church service let out at 1:30PM (too long to be in any church service). They served smiley face cookies with the creme in the middle, apple juice, orange juice, grape juice, and whatever refreshments that were available. Sunrise services have refreshments after their little one-hour service every Easter Sunday from 5AM-6AM. You can fellowship with one another after service.

The church has become like a picnic nowadays. Just drop by and get credit for coming. Coffee and donuts in the kitchen, help yourself! Tell a friend about the church picnic that you attended. Everyone gossips like they are at work. I'm used to people gossiping because that is the norm. There is a such thing as a good gossip and a rumor gossip. A good gossip is what you tell your friends about a message that you or anyone you know heard in church that hit close to home for you or them. A rumor gossip is what you heard in church that was not good about a pastor, member, usher, etc., and instead of praying for the pastor, member, usher, you or someone you know spread the not so good rumor gossip about them. Stuff like this have been happening in churches for many years. With that being said, for the most part the preacher or preachers of that particular church or churches never abandoned the traditional biblical teachings.

Being in church since I was 2 months old and being a born-again Christian since age 5, I've observed a lot of good, bad, and in between in churches. June 5 will be 39 years since I gave my life to Jesus Christ and accepted him as my Lord and Savior. A lot of that rumor gossip go on much worse than it did back in the 80's and 90's. The one thing that has been ignored that has happened no matter in Denominational or Non-Denominational churches is children and teenagers who have been sexually abused in churches. Now it's being "brought to light." We can talk about and list all the things that went wrong in churches from their biblical teachings or lack of biblical teachings. In order for anyone to want to have trust in the church they have to address things that is going on in the church before it leaks out for everyone to read or hear. With that being said, tell the truth about your mission statement and ministry. The more a ministry or ministries deceive people, the less likely people will believe or want to support that ministry or ministries. 

Beware of false prophets! 2 Peter 2:1-3 King James Version (KJV) "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth be spoken evil of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not." 

The church has failed in a major way in the 2020 US Presidential election. A lot of the preachers were silent about speaking out against homosexuality as a sin, abortion as murder, and government assistance as abusing the system. The church willfully was silent and didn't do their part to preach about the platform of the Republican and Democratic parties. The church was silent about the massive voter fraud that took place in the 2020 US presidential election. A lot of the church people are hurting because instead of trusting in God, they trusted in man, and they assumed that by not praying that the same outcome was going to happen in like it did in 2016, no matter how hard the Democrats rigged the 2020 election and the 2 Georgia Senate seats. Now more people are uncovering the truth about the rigged 2020 election in the movie 2,000 mules.

Lastly, the more the church continues to be silent at what is going on in their circle, the more problems they will have leading sinners and back-sliders to Jesus Christ. The church is a building where people come together and have service, offering, and the preacher teaching the word of God. After service there is altar calls for those who want to be saved and re-dedicate their life to Jesus. If anyone would like to give their testimony or praise report what the Lord has done that is optional after they close the service with prayer. Then people can fellowship with one another. If there is a need or prayer request, usually people will pray with one another. Most churches usually have church events that have food and refreshments. It's all about being Christlike and being a "light unto the world." That is all for today, till next time keep an eye out for more free speech on all topics on future blog posts. God Bless you & Happy Memorial Day!