"You're Doing It Wrong"

You're doing it wrong. 

It is a funny way people have been using to tell others that they are using a basic tool or doing a menial task incorrectly. As I reflect lately on the church, it's place in society, the effectiveness of it's programming, and its purpose I can't help but imagine God looking down from above chuckling and saying "You're doing it wrong"

I have become convinced that the church was never meant for the unbeliever.

At times we tend to glorify 'seeker services' or make it important that visitors feel comfortable and that they will return. Even leaders of our services say that Sunday morning (for most services) are meant to be a time of celebration of what God has done throughout the week and recharging and re energising before another week of serving Him.


Yet- do our services, our mindset about the church as a whole reflect that?

When I visited China the church was different than our North American churches (imagine that eh?). The people who attended these churches had heard about Jesus throughout the week- they had been told by a friend, had been attending small group gatherings for weeks or months. In China the church is persecuted. You only enter the church if you want to worship God- if you fully believe in Jesus and are willing to put your reputation, your freedom, your everything on the line.

The church meeting in China was a time of celebrating what God had done, a time of preparing for the coming week, a time of worship- the focus was not on those who were 'wishy washy.' The believers interacted with them throughout the week and challenged them in their beliefs and thoughts Monday-Saturday. Sunday is for the believers- Sunday is to worship, Sunday is to come together as a family. Churches need to stop caring about brining non-believers into their fellowship on Sunday morning and care more about helping people believe throughout the week.