Church is not a competition, and I'm tired

I get so tired of hearing people bash other preachers or churches or staff members from other churches. I get tired of hearing how this church doesn't teach the Bible or that church isn't relevant to my life. I get tired of hearing the evangelical movement is old and tired. I'm tired of hearing people complain about worship. I'm tired of hearing people complain when people leave their church for another. If you're complaining because people have left Church all together that's a different story. I could go on and on and on, and I'm sure many of you could as well.

Anyways, I say all this because Church is not a competition. Churches should be helping other churches. Churches should be excited when people find a church home, even if it's not your church. If someone doesn't like your church maybe you could even help them find a church home. If you are in church somewhere and are serving I don't care if it's not my church. We are all in this together. It's for His Kingdom, not ours. If you are treating your church like your own little kingdom you might be in trouble. Let it go. It's not yours. We all serve the same God even if you are at this church and I am at that church.

Am I out of line?

What are your thoughts on this subject?

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Sep 22, 2009
John Snyder said...
Oops. I also meant to add that I have been guilty of some of these things. It took me a while to realize the whole Kingdom picture, but once I did it opened my eyes to many new ideas.

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