Excerpt from T. Semakula's upcoming book..The Food Stamp Bandit.... (The Christianity of The Land)
Are we in the business of wielding the
true power of God? Or are we just in the business of creating more
buildings; waiting for folks to waltz into? This old way of thinking
is shrinking churches and exposes the true nature of service.
Churches are closing and losing their buildings, because they no
longer have inhabitants to minister to. However, just because
folk are no longer coming into the building, doesn't mean that
they don't need the ministry.
The needs of the community continues to
fester. The ministries that are calling these empty churches
continue to show its face as disrespectful litter. Folk continue to
throw their empty Heineken Beer Bottles, used condoms, and hallowed
out heroin needles onto church doorsteps and parking lots. The
ignored and disengaged continue to leave their excrement on
church grounds while the church leadership continues to whine and
complain yet not realizing that these cues may be the very
ministries that the church needs to bring their dying ministries
back to life.
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