Churches today teach a feminized gospel. They preach "love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her," but ignore the fact that He did that because she is BAD and requires His blood sacrifice in order to be with Him. He didn't die because the church is good, but because she is BAD and requires His righteousness to cover her until she is raised incorruptibe in a body like His.
So, instead of Lord and Savior, churches train women that their husbands are chattel slaves, and so is Christ. And that Christ is no Savior, really, so there is no gospel, and whatever is the point of church if that savior is just a chattel slave?
BTW, He gave Himself up for her that He might present her to...HIMSELF...on His terms, not hers.
The real gospel is effectual when the Spirit works saving faith and a person obeys the command to "Believe!"
It's very important to "see" unreached people groups. That is the first step. Where the church in the U.S. often fails, though, is thinking that the answer is creating MORE extra-curricular activities aimed at them. The prevalence of an individualist, consumerist mentality drives churches to think of themselves as one-stop spiritual shopping centers (or recruiting centers). Or they are still operating und the illusion of Christendom (or "cultural Christianity"), expecting people to come to them. Instead, we need to see ourselves as missionaries, sent out to the people who need to hear the Gospel, living it side-by-side with them. If you want to reach white working-class men, then spend time where they are.
"The idea I think they were getting at is that all the extracurricular activities were geared towards the ladies."
After moving to our current location we attended a nearby S. Baptist church. It didn't take long to see that the pastor's 'right hand' men were not the deacons but their wives, who at that time called themselves deaconesses. Their power and influence over the affairs of the church led to a feminized church where all extracurricular activities were geared towards the ladies.
At the Reformed Presbyterian church my husband and I have been attending for quite a few years, our former pastor felt most comfortable with certain women as his go-to people. While this did not result in the feminized atmosphere of the first church it nevertheless caused a lot of problems.
I offer these two examples of my first-hand experiences for your consideration.
Good word and good insights to think about. “whatever method you might think would work, if you ain’t at least trying, he ain’t going to get converted.” Yup. Thanks
Churches today teach a feminized gospel. They preach "love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her," but ignore the fact that He did that because she is BAD and requires His blood sacrifice in order to be with Him. He didn't die because the church is good, but because she is BAD and requires His righteousness to cover her until she is raised incorruptibe in a body like His.
So, instead of Lord and Savior, churches train women that their husbands are chattel slaves, and so is Christ. And that Christ is no Savior, really, so there is no gospel, and whatever is the point of church if that savior is just a chattel slave?
BTW, He gave Himself up for her that He might present her to...HIMSELF...on His terms, not hers.
The real gospel is effectual when the Spirit works saving faith and a person obeys the command to "Believe!"
It's very important to "see" unreached people groups. That is the first step. Where the church in the U.S. often fails, though, is thinking that the answer is creating MORE extra-curricular activities aimed at them. The prevalence of an individualist, consumerist mentality drives churches to think of themselves as one-stop spiritual shopping centers (or recruiting centers). Or they are still operating und the illusion of Christendom (or "cultural Christianity"), expecting people to come to them. Instead, we need to see ourselves as missionaries, sent out to the people who need to hear the Gospel, living it side-by-side with them. If you want to reach white working-class men, then spend time where they are.
"The idea I think they were getting at is that all the extracurricular activities were geared towards the ladies."
After moving to our current location we attended a nearby S. Baptist church. It didn't take long to see that the pastor's 'right hand' men were not the deacons but their wives, who at that time called themselves deaconesses. Their power and influence over the affairs of the church led to a feminized church where all extracurricular activities were geared towards the ladies.
At the Reformed Presbyterian church my husband and I have been attending for quite a few years, our former pastor felt most comfortable with certain women as his go-to people. While this did not result in the feminized atmosphere of the first church it nevertheless caused a lot of problems.
I offer these two examples of my first-hand experiences for your consideration.
Is your dissertation available to be shared? As a north Georgia, small-town, church planter, this will be a critical demographic to be reached.
Not yet, but soon.
Good word and good insights to think about. “whatever method you might think would work, if you ain’t at least trying, he ain’t going to get converted.” Yup. Thanks