I've attended several churches that always end that way. Baptists mostly do it and used to be Nazarenes did. I'm not exactly for it because church is for the believers.. not a place to proselytize. I get that the pastors don't want to miss an opportunity tho and actually, few churches are run according to scripture these days, so I'll just be glad the Word is going out no matter the details.
I've attended several churches that always end that way. Baptists mostly do it and used to be Nazarenes did. I'm not exactly for it because church is for the believers.. not a place to proselytize. I get that the pastors don't want to miss an opportunity tho and actually, few churches are run according to scripture these days, so I'll just be glad the Word is going out no matter the details.
Church is for believers? Really? According to Jesus in Luke 5:30-32:
"But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” [Emphasis mine.]
Read on into Acts and Paul’s letters… Jesus was not conducting church. He was the Messiah and brought his gospel TO the people. Church itself, as in meeting together, is for the believers to encourage one another to good works, where believers learn how to grow, to relate, how to be a Christian. It is for prayer and praise. And the covenant of communion. We go out into the world to share the gospel. “church” … or the meeting together … is for believers already. I know that’s not a popular opinion. And if you’re not familiar with house churches or cell churches it will be very foreign. But small groups are where growth discipleship occurs. Not the entertainment style of big churches.
I've attended several churches that always end that way. Baptists mostly do it and used to be Nazarenes did. I'm not exactly for it because church is for the believers.. not a place to proselytize. I get that the pastors don't want to miss an opportunity tho and actually, few churches are run according to scripture these days, so I'll just be glad the Word is going out no matter the details.
Church is for believers? Really? According to Jesus in Luke 5:30-32:
"But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” [Emphasis mine.]
Read on into Acts and Paul’s letters… Jesus was not conducting church. He was the Messiah and brought his gospel TO the people. Church itself, as in meeting together, is for the believers to encourage one another to good works, where believers learn how to grow, to relate, how to be a Christian. It is for prayer and praise. And the covenant of communion. We go out into the world to share the gospel. “church” … or the meeting together … is for believers already. I know that’s not a popular opinion. And if you’re not familiar with house churches or cell churches it will be very foreign. But small groups are where growth discipleship occurs. Not the entertainment style of big churches.