I read this statement in the comments section of a blog: “A one-hour Sunday morning service is NOT church, not if you don’t have a community you go into the world with during the week.”
I found that quite interesting. It’s a matter of going to church vs. being the church. At my church we don’t, in any organized way, go into our community together. But I think I pretty much know the people who are being the church beyond Sunday morning–who are seeking to shine their light and influence others.
But if a church merely consists of people who come together on Sunday morning for an hour or two, no matter how inspirational that may be, and then revert to their default behaviors the rest of the week…can you really call that a church?
Too many churches aren’t really churches, I’m afraid. They are just organizations that offer an hour-long religious seminar every week.
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