"Why aren't more pastors involved in this?" asked one of my friends standing with me outside an abortion clinic.
I told him we were happier preaching and staying respectable in the eyes of the world and our parishoners than we were in activating the faith.
Then we asked someone else who was standing out there. Doug said that most churches are outreach oriented in the first place and, second, most churches who are will start ministries that are easier and more compatible with traditional emphases than, say, abortion clinic ministry. If that is ever added, it will be added to a much larger mix of outreach and compassionate efforts.
He is probably right.
But the abortion clinic ministry was our first ministry at our decade old church. Then we added all the rest.
What a backward bunch I serve with!
You just do not hear too much preaching against sin in churches these days. It's all, 'rah, rah' and a big sandbox everyone plays in but no one is affecting their community. Every Sunday, messages against sin should be preached. Most pastors would rather be popular with a dead congregation aimed straight for hell than be controversial and say, 'no' to save someone from an eternity in hell. Christianity is not a popularity contest.
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