Is Your Church Next?

Reading this has brought tears to my eyes. Someone else who sees what is happening in the Baptist denomination. We have left the SBC and have returned to fundamental independent Baptist, which isn't perfect (thankfully ours isn't KJV only), but it is a continual breath of fresh air with it's messages being solidly from the Word of God. It is heartbreaking to see the concern of community in the church rise above Biblical truth and literacy; entertainment and outreach rise above being encouraged to enter through the narrow gate; conversion come secondary to numbers. When a church's top priority is bringing in the lost, or believing Christianity needs a radical face lift, it is on the road downhill. What about serious discipling of all the members? What about making sure we aren't bringing in hoards of chaff? The game has changed in too many of today's churches. It is hard to stay the course; it's discouraging to realize how many do not want Christ. But we can't 'fix' it by changing the message and adding a bunch of psychology to ease the hurting; they aren't getting the gospel. When labyrinths come, run.