"Some Churches"

I ran across this annonymous piece below entitled "some churches" in the journal, Homiletics. As we prayerfully head into 2007, I am so glad to be part of an authentic faith community that is alive and active despite the many imperfections and warts of her members. "Some Churches" require very little effort on the part of its people and fail miserably in creating, guarding and maintaining biblical community. Perhaps you have a friend or family member in a church like this. I know what that's like, it's a tough place to be. Pray for them and pray for their church to be healthy, alive and vibrant. Christ followers cannot afford to be critical of sister churches. We must bear with one another in love, pray for one another and encourage one another. We need each other if we are going to reach the culture for Christ in 2007. At Mosaic we regularly pray for churches in our area to have full parking lots, full seats/pews, overflowing offering plates and baptistries that are never empty. May it be so for our brothers and sisters who worship at any number of churches in our area! We pray God's best for you.

• Some churches have parking problems, some other churches don’t.
• Some churches have kids running around making a lot of noise, some other churches tend to be very quiet.
• Some churches usually have more expenses than money, some other churches don’t need to spend much money because not much is going on.
• Some churches are growing so fast you don’t always know everybody’s name, in some other churches everybody has known everybody’s name for years.
• Some churches enthusiastically and generously support missions, some other churches keep it all at home.
• Some churches are filled with tithers, some other churches are filled with tippers.
• Some churches evangelize, some other churches fossilize.
• Some churches are always planning for the future, some other churches live in the past.
• Some churches seek new ministries and new methods, some other churches don’t want to.

If you are active in some church, why don’t you take a moment and pray for it today.

• Some people pray for their church, and some others never quite get around to it.

—Source unknown.