In the last issue of The Christian Chronicle, which claims to be an “International newspaper for Churches of Christ” I found information about the following:
- Two different “ministries” to help people write resumes, and find employment.
- A congregation in Great Falls, Montana that welcomes visitors on Sunday nights by taking them a freshly baked apple pie the next day. The same congregation has an annual picnic and Olympics, complete with the ubiquitous sack race.
- Help wanted ads for positions like “Family Life Minister”, “Youth Minister”, and one church that wants to combine the two for a “Youth/Family Life Minister”.
- A dinner ($25 per ticket) sponsored by the White’s Ferry Road church of Christ in West Monroe, LA with Missy Robertson, (from Duck Dynasty) as featured speaker.
The social gospel is alive and well. The churches that began back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, to embrace the idea that the church’s purpose and work includes secular entertainment and social engineering have continued to conceive and implement ever more outlandish and silly ideas. It has reached the point where they never even ask the question “is it authorized?” They no longer consider the admonition of the apostle Paul, given in Colossians 3:17, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to god the Father through Him.” We must be ever vigilant in our efforts to submit to God’s will.
