(August 23, 2014 at 12:02 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Does the ever increasing number of unaffiliated churches dilute further their 'voice' ??
It would seem a Methodist bishop addressing a congresscritter on behalf of several million members might garner more face time than 200 individual preachers might, assuming their 200 churches were all 'branded' differently.
I'm thinking encouraging and fostering schisms might further dissipate the religious voice in political orbits.
Enlighten me if I'm off base there . . .
More personal congregations "reach" more people...I use the word reach in quotations because even though they don't address nearly as many people as the mega churches, they tend to have a much more personal connection with their congregations that actually matter much more.
Would you send your child to a school with a student-teacher ratio of 45-1 or would you rather send them to a school with a ratio of 15-1 where they are given more opportunity to excel?
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
