Where is the line?
So, since Sara and I moved we have been looking for the spot God wants us. I do not fully understand where that is. However, I don't feel like working "on staff" at a church is where God wants us. So we have been visiting churches. Honestly, this is something that I have never done before. I started volunteering and working at church almost immediatly after I got out of high school.
We are looking for more than just a church to "join." We are looking for a church that will help us fulfill the task God has called us to. Will I ever find a church that I am completley happy with? What sort of things should I let slide and what sort of things should I hold fast to?
Where is the line?
Do I put up with the 40 Days of purpose, the legality, the business meeting and committees? Where is the line? Which doctrines are essential and which are not? Most people will say as long as the true gospel is being preached. But I say that everything, I repeat everything, a church does affects the gospel. From the obvious things like music and preaching, to budgets, nursery, sunday school, and meetings.
I will be honest. I want a perfect church. A church that is biblical in everthing that it does.
Unrealistic? I hope not. So, since I cannot find that church, do I just find the one that fits best, start my own, or what?
Maybe I am unrealistic. So, here is the real question.
How can I maintian my ideals without being idealistic?
We are looking for more than just a church to "join." We are looking for a church that will help us fulfill the task God has called us to. Will I ever find a church that I am completley happy with? What sort of things should I let slide and what sort of things should I hold fast to?
Where is the line?
Do I put up with the 40 Days of purpose, the legality, the business meeting and committees? Where is the line? Which doctrines are essential and which are not? Most people will say as long as the true gospel is being preached. But I say that everything, I repeat everything, a church does affects the gospel. From the obvious things like music and preaching, to budgets, nursery, sunday school, and meetings.
I will be honest. I want a perfect church. A church that is biblical in everthing that it does.
Unrealistic? I hope not. So, since I cannot find that church, do I just find the one that fits best, start my own, or what?
Maybe I am unrealistic. So, here is the real question.
How can I maintian my ideals without being idealistic?
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