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  • ___________ Church of Christ in Michigan
    • Anonymous
      Posted Apr 13, 2005 12:24 PM

      Good Morning ,
      I am member of the ............ Church of Christ in Michigan.
      In the last several months we have been losing members in our Church at the same time attracting more young people.
      My pastor has been focusing on Rick Warrens ministries from simulcast, books, flyers, yard signs, 40 days of purpose small groups etc.etc.
      I am my pastors prayer partner and pray for him each Sunday before he takes the pulpit, we spend lots of time sharing over coffee at a local coffee shop. Unknown to my pastor I have increasingly been becoming uncomfortable with changes from large overhead screen,
      full blown musical band, the lack of scripture or encouragement to bring our bibles since scriptures are now put on overhead from at least 6 different translations of Bible. The reason I hesitated to share my feelings is that he is so focused on this . I feel we are serving the world by compromising the foundation of the Church .
      After a Sunday morning message that mimicked Rick Warren and the importance of joining a small group, I had , had enough.
      I left that day very discouraged , greeted my pastor as I walked out and thought I would never live to see the day that I would hear a Sunday morning message with not one scripture verse used .
      I felt manipulated into joining Rick Warrens 40 days of Community.
      Whew, please bear with me here as I am dealing with a very unsettled spirit about what is happening with our church . I have been a member there for 20 years and was one of the youth pastors their for 15 years.
      Last Friday I approached our Elders and Pastor and shared my concerns from feelings like our Worship has become entertainment, no scripture,
      the rise of new members to leadership positions, the concern about scripture use from watered down bibles, women opening up our service with prayer, the changing from deacons to ministry leaders titles , and that I have felt the lack of reverence to God due to entertainment mentality.etc.
      and the concern about members who were once committed and actively involved in our church who have left and recently have heard of at least 12 more families ...Most of these folks are leaving quietly as to not cause dissent , factions and split in the Church since we heard a message about this one Sunday morning too. Some of these folks were shocked to hear that we were one of the families since they know the closeness the Pastor and I have. Well after sharing our concerns to our Elders and my Pastor, he was first to reply by
      stating to be careful and that he knows what it is like to be in a negative rut and fault find. I finished the meeting by asking the guys to show me a scripture where Jesus tells us that it is ok to change the way we do things in church service to reach out to the community while losing long term , committed Christians in the process....
      We wrapped up with a prayer and now awaiting their response.
      While my relationship with Jesus Christ is solid , I feel empty in the last few days over what has taken place.
      Yesterday a Mother shared with me that while walking up the sidewalk last Sunday morning the music was so loud that her young five year old said , " Mama , it sounds wild in there "....I broke down in tears .
      Please pray for me as I am praying for you and encouraged that I am not alone. A good friend of mine who is a Pastor in Idaho referred me to your website and I forwarded it to a couple of our Elders.
      God help us ...Gal. 6:9
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