Five Years From Now
If you stop and look at the world that is around us right now you should see that everything has changed. I am not trying to pass blame or say that this is bad. I am just stating that everything on the planet has changed. Our planet population, morals, science, polution, gas prices, church. The list could go on and on, but I will stop there. With the understanding that all has changed...what will everything look like five years from now? Five years ago the church was a place for answers, and to find God. Now it seems that we can do these things all by ourself. I am not saying that we could not do these things before, I am just trying to make a point. The general idea was that I went to church to learn more about God, to grow closer to Him, and to connect on a spiritual level. Because of the internet and many other factors too long to type, we are finding ourselves really not needing church to fill in those gaps anymore. The curtain has split and God is now more accessible than ever. What happened? I have talked with numerous people who state that they are finding God, and connecting with Him more outside of the church than they ever did inside. Is this a good or a bad thing? Anytime a person can connect with God is great, but the biggest thing here is that the church(and I say church as universal, not a specific church or denomination)has started to become irrellevant. It really seems as though the world has changed but the church has remained the same. It has decided to stand firm to it's techniques and traditions even though the world cannot understand them at all. So I want to go back to my main question. What will the church look like in five years? You tell me. Please comment.
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October 11, 2005 10:48 AMI wish I could say. At least I could get a jump on Dan Kimbal and all the other gurus. But nope I don't really know.
However, I have an idea. But the idea isn't necessarily for the next 5 years, just in the future.
I'm not a doomsday kinda guy, but with all that is going on and how bad things keep building onto each other I think that our stay here is coming to an end. In light of Jesus' soon return and the chaos that will preceed it I think the church will be forced to change, and quickly.
I think it will be less centralized, more scattered. As things get crazy, people aren't gonna be looking for religion, but that "peace that goes beyond understanding." The "church," the body of Christ, will reaching out to those searching for foundation, something solid to stand on.
I think the church will be forced to think about itself differently. They will be forced to get more involved, but not in typical church activities. Traditions and procedures will be less important.
We are coming the Valley of Decision; the closer we get to the close of probation the more polarized things will get. People will be making their stand for or against God. With those that choose for God we will have to make room, stretch, grow, and shift our understanding of how God works.
I don't know, but this is an glimpse of what I think may happen. In short, things will change.
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