šŸ‘‰šŸ¾But I see that we are, to a great extent, producing a self-collapsing Christianity, insofar as our converts are told that the only important thing to do is to win more converts. Itā€™s like getting the people into the armed forces, and they ask what they are supposed to do. 1/

Oh well, you are supposed to recruit.ā€ Then they recruit more and more people, and set them also to recruiting still other people. Some day someone says, ā€œArenā€™t we supposed to be fighting a war?ā€ ā€œOh yeah, thereā€™s a war.ā€ ... 2/
Church Mission-which is absolutely basic & absolutely valid-is to extend the faith & transform people into reliable people of integrity. Kingdom Mission is when the church stops thinking abt itself & its members & pursues Godā€™s will in this world, not just pursues more members.3/
In his book Church Shift, Sunday Adelaja, the pastor of the largest church in Europe, says that when members do things like help in the nursery and direct traffic on Sunday, thatā€™s not mission. Itā€™s church housekeeping. šŸ‘€ 4/
The church exists to extend the glory of God & His will in society whether or not it makes advances in church membership. Many are leaving the church today because what secular people are doing is more exciting, more relevant, concrete, & may seem to be more Biblically valid. 5/
Winter goes on in this article to explain the polarization of revivalism vs social concern which has come to a head over the attacks on social justice concern. S/O to @drantbradley for always dropping gems!
the previous thread were quotes captured from Ralph Winterā€™s article. Link here https://t.co/ir6axiMyhx

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