The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Drifting Church

"Drifting" is often hard to detect as when you are in a boat with no anchor. It is gradual. Usually you don't realize that you have drifted because you are preoccupied with other things, e.g., fishing, doing some repair, or simply sleeping. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> But then you look up and notice that you are far from where you started.

So it is with churches too. They begin at a good place and then slowly begin to drift, unnoticed, and suddenly one realizes that they are far from where they began. That's why it is so important to have an OBJECTIVE standard to rely upon as opposed to what one "feels" a church should be like. You could ask yourself such things as, What kind of preaching should a church have; doctrinal with sound application? Strictly evangelistic? Moralizing? How about the worship of God? Should it be with awe and reverence? happy-clappy? social hour? fellowship? And, of course, the music; Should it consist of Psalms only? Psalms and doctrinally sound hymns? Praise choruses? CCM? What about teaching? Are the Sunday School classes teaching meat? Groups that talk about what the Bible means to them? Social gatherings which talk about how the week was and/or what they want to do after the service? etc.....

There is always the matter of personal preference, of course. But our preferences should be to prefer that which God has prescribed for us in His Word, and NOT what "works", or "brings in people", or what "makes people feel good". <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,