The Church in the Today's World

The Church has been under attack for centuries, but probably few times in its history have the threats against the church's survival been as subtle and compelling as today. Many are seeking to rewrite the Church's agenda and equate it with their secular needs. Others are espousing a "prosperity gospel" as the menu for the Church today. Others see the Church as merely an extension of their social needs and as a private club to foster their style of life. Others are interested only in the Church growing, no matter how it grows. Numbers are the only important thing to them. Few today realize the radical and revolutionary nature of the Church which our Lord founded and the call he issued for a dynamic allegiance to him and the life-changing commitment he demands of any who would identify with him and his way of discipleship.