Simple Church

  It amazes me how complex the church world can become.  For those of you who have spent any significant time serving in a church body, you understand that politics, position, insecurities, and those with axes to grind always try to creep onto the scene.  This is extremely dangerous for the health and future growth of a church body.  Yet, it is also a battle that can eventually be counted on.

 

Churches can get themselves into many problems if they stray from their two fundamental purposes:

• TO BE SCRIPTURALLY FAITHFUL–The Bible gives us specific direction as to who should be a part of leadership, what constitutes sin, how to discipline unrepentant Christians, and answers any question you may have (whether it answers directly or through principle).
• TO BE CULTURALLY FRUITFUL–It is a sin for a church to willingly ignore its culture and to choose not to EFFECTIVELY reach out to those that do not know Jesus Christ.  We are called to bare fruit by saving souls, not just sit around talking about how bad the condition of the world is.

Shouldn’t church be simple like this?  Aren’t these two things, the only obligations we should focus on?  Then why do we let others come in and complicate the things that God intended to remain simple?