The Ideal Church

I think we all know the difference between a church building and who is the real church.  There have been some beautiful cathedrals in many places across our globe.  Some of the dating back many centuries.  They draw crowds of people and they view the splendor of many ancient artists who have sculpted, painted, and laid the vast array of stone-work which was often commissioned by Kings, Popes, and Governments.

Thousands of worshippers would attend those services; some just to pray.  Many would receive Holy Communion and listen to a short homily. Rich is our history of such buildings.

The success of churches has always been that they drew people in to worship.  To worship in 'that church' was an honor, a tradition and a duty.

In today's time; American's have also built mega-churches with TV broadcasts, state of the art music and precision of filling the whole program with well-know people and it's like attending a great assembly of believers with hymns that are sung with their whole hearts.

The smaller churches are mostly denominational churches.  They too have their traditions, their formal experience of almost always doing the same thing every Sunday Morning Worship Service.  They have their own schools where they train their own clergy; and being faithful to their denomination gives them a sense of fellowship and pulling together for the furtherance of their denomination.  This means: missions, periodicals sent to all their churches and usually a calendar to show what date certain events will happen for all their churches.

Biblical ideas of the Early Church are studied, but since cultures have changed over time, usually most of what they did back then, doesn't apply now.

There should be one constant denominator for all churches and Christians everywhere;  to focus on serving our Lord and sharing His love to all those we come in contact with, and to truly love them more than we care for our traditions, church buildings and differences in denominational doctrines.

The challenge for Christians in the future is to be able to communicate with up-coming generations.  Not to be afraid to try something different that will answer their needs. 

There is no substitute for people who care about others.  For people who look out their car windows as they drive to church and to see real people out there...being compassionate and desirous to learn more about them.  To pray for them; to stop and talk to some of them.  To make some new friends, even if they don't go to our church.

A voice cried out "The harvest to truly great, but the laborers are few, who will come and help us with this harvest?"

A person shouted back, "Here I am Lord, send me!"