Old/New....Part 1 (I guess)

You sell BBQ and I sell books....lol.

But really, I was going to, well, I had wrote a some of my views concerning the modern church but I am not trying to offend noone spiritually. I don't want it to sound like I am pointing out people because of their words and before I put down a pastor, I will just stay silent, no matter how I feel. But I will point out a few things. My wife and I discussed my blog and she asked me what were my feelings about a megachuch...well...

In the collective body of Christ, if the pastor is sent to be a shepherd over us, then why is it wrong nowadays to have a shepherd like relationship with him? Should he present himself as being too high over us to where he is unapproachable? One thing I can say about the so called "store front" churches that everyone talks about is there was some type of relationship. There weren't no chains of command needed to be taken. Can anyone remember when something terrible happened in the middle of the night and you can call up your pastor? Or where you can just call your pastor period? *shrug* Jesus gave a parable of the sheppard losing one sheep and doing everything that he could to find that one. I don't feel like that attitude is present in church. Its just funny how a church with 25 members is ridiculed sometimes but why would I do that, if in those 25 seats occupied, the spirit of God was thicker than morning fog? Philip was led by the spirit to leave a huge revival to talk to one Ethiopian. While many talk about this, attitudinal wise, is this mentality present? *sigh*

I'm sighing because I'm scared. If God leads me into ministry, this day and age, how can I lead the masses with the true, unadularated Word of God? Should I give you what you want to hear, sprinkle in what you got to hear, and filter some of what you need to hear? Should I be politcally correct so I won't hurt the sinners feelings? Should I charge for giving the Word of God in the form of CD's, DVD's, and books? (Black Man, You Is Loose...lol...). Should I turn the church into a corporate entity although I don't believe that is what the church is meant to be? Looking back at that, I refuse. I guess the store front is looking real good right now..... :)

JAH