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Issues in Ecclesiology

By Matt
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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I saw someone link to this post and thought it showed so much of what is wrong in the church today.  It shows our current ecclesiology in action.

The post comes from a guy who apparently is a DJ on a Christian radio station and he thought it was wierd that chruches charge members for weddings.  So he took some calls on the topic.  A sample:

Next caller:  I can speak for our church.  If we DIDN’T charge, we’d have people lined up, wanting to use the place every Saturday for years.

Me:  But if they’re people who are members, and paid for the building, and it’s theirs, too, shouldn’t it be free and celebrated and –

Caller:  It would be too crazy if you just let people do that.

Me:  But if they paid for it to start with –

Caller:  You have to charge a fee to discourage people from using it.

You can read more here.

Categories : Ecclesiology

Comments

  1. Sadie says:
    September 18, 2008 at 11:21 am

    Well Matt, we obviously can’t have a bunch of riff-raff running up and down the aisles, getting the pews all dirty!?!

    Reply
  2. James says:
    September 19, 2008 at 4:57 am

    Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.

    Reply
  3. Brit Windel says:
    September 22, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    is it bad that i laughed a little bit…i mean that last statement is just..WOW!!

    Reply

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