Hi everyone, I wanted to share this post today with you how church’s are changing. What I am writing about church’s here is about the members of the church and that includes the ministers of the church who take service and I am writing about to a lesser extent the parishioners of the church also, who are the members of the church. Christ is the head of the overall church who appoints ministers in their roles in the church by calling them to serve in the ministry.
I was having a conversation a few days ago with somebody who was in their mid 60s who had not been to a church since a child and they said to me that church’s were places where they loved to preach to everyone that they were going to hell if they couldn’t be a good enough Christian.
This caused me to pause for a while and then I said to them that church’s are changing. Although, I have never been in a church that was very hot and enflamed when talking about hell and damnation. I have heard of experiences like this from others as well.
I had to tell them my experience and what I had seen that church’s are changing and we are forming a new church, with new ministers with a different mission who are being called to serve in the ministry/and who currently serve in the ministry. In the past the topic of going to hell may have been the number one subject for sermon choice in a church.
Today though many ministers preach about love, rest in Christ, grace, forgiveness and the mercy of God. They also are beginning to involve the work of the Holy Spirit more, like with Healing and Wholeness services. Many ministers to today are very humble and modest and I have seen a difference in just over ten years as well in the new ministers who have come along in the same church. I have experienced this new change in an Anglican and Catholic church I have been to in recent years. Comforting words given today are often that just say Jesus is Lord. We are not to judge another. We still can discuss about the eternal life and hell at times as we cannot forget this, but it is done in a very compassionate way different to that of the old.
I was having a conversation a few days ago with somebody who was in their mid 60s who had not been to a church since a child and they said to me that church’s were places where they loved to preach to everyone that they were going to hell if they couldn’t be a good enough Christian.
This caused me to pause for a while and then I said to them that church’s are changing. Although, I have never been in a church that was very hot and enflamed when talking about hell and damnation. I have heard of experiences like this from others as well.
I had to tell them my experience and what I had seen that church’s are changing and we are forming a new church, with new ministers with a different mission who are being called to serve in the ministry/and who currently serve in the ministry. In the past the topic of going to hell may have been the number one subject for sermon choice in a church.
Today though many ministers preach about love, rest in Christ, grace, forgiveness and the mercy of God. They also are beginning to involve the work of the Holy Spirit more, like with Healing and Wholeness services. Many ministers to today are very humble and modest and I have seen a difference in just over ten years as well in the new ministers who have come along in the same church. I have experienced this new change in an Anglican and Catholic church I have been to in recent years. Comforting words given today are often that just say Jesus is Lord. We are not to judge another. We still can discuss about the eternal life and hell at times as we cannot forget this, but it is done in a very compassionate way different to that of the old.
There are new ministers and some with different areas of expertise. Of course ministers can vary in different church's and according to their own personality, but definetly new ministers have come and are coming to the church and have been here for a while. One of my ministers one of their passions is to preach about the love of Christ for us. Another one of the ministers passion is to expand their knowledge about neurodiversity and they are studying an additional PHD for this to so they can be of more use to the church. Much work has been put into autism to with guides from people like Ann Memmott how church’s can adapt to make them more friendly for autistics to be involved at church. My church once a month has autism groups to and also they put on coffee groups and other social things in the calendar. There are groups to support people who are in bereavement to called Bereavement cafe in some church’s. They are meeting new diverse groups today.
They are listening and there are so many church’s out there that fit different people whether online or face to face.
I love tradition as well, but I look forward to seeing where the new church leads us to, perhaps this will be the true church that Christ has spoken about. Perhaps step in for a visit and coffee in one if you haven’t been for some time. You may note that there has been change some to. Early morning services are the usually most quietest. Your journey is yours and is much more than about a single church and focus on Christ alone. Although the right church can help strengthen you and your faith as a Christian.
