Today’s
church is being engineered so we can no longer invite just anyone to our church.
The effort to specialize in attracting certain demographics (family, young
adult, charismatic, all-inclusive, etc.) dictates what type of people the church
intends to serve. The United Methodist Church voted to affirm the rules from
the Book of Disciplines that no gay
or lesbian people can serve as clergy, and same-sex marriage is forbidden. An
openly gay bishop in the denomination is reported as saying she is concerned
people won’t want to be a part of a church that doesn’t cater to others like
themselves. I’m trying to wrap my head around the idea that, rather than
growing and maturing disciples of Christ, churches now see their role as
catering to certain groups of people.
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