What is wrong with church - PAOC and AOG
July 23, 2010 at 1:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2010 at 3:11 pm by rattleshock.)
OK... so I copied this right from the PAOC (Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada which is associated with AOG Assemblies of God) website under the header "What We Believe"... And you know what... this pisses me right off. How in the hell can any normal person decipher all these words and mumbo-jumbo... Why such archaic delivery?? Big words do not make your god any bigger. Nor does is make your church seem attractive. Get real... at least lay out in common language what the hell you stand for... wow...
-We Value God: His Word, and His Creation, His redemptive purpose in Christ for the world, and His presence through the Holy Spirit.
-We value people without Christ to whom we owe the compassion of Christ and an opportunity to receive the gospel and enter into Christian fellowship.
-We value individual believers and their personal commitment to Christ, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, discipleship, Christian family life, and fulfillment of the will of God.
-We value local churches worldwide which are marked by sound doctrine, Pentecostal worship, every-member ministry, loving relationships, Holy Spirit-empowered evangelism, anointed proclamation and practical expression of Christian faith.
-We value a cooperative fellowship that enhances the church's ability to fulfill its mandate, through servant leadership, a shared vision, flexible structures, and strategic mobilization of its resources.
TIP: If you really want to relate to everyone else (Which is 99.99% of the world) get rid of the religious jargon, the dress up code, the formality, the long winded talks that nobody gets or cares about,and do something productive. I mean REALLY productive. Like a steak and beer night. THAT is how you build a community…People understand beer and steak night… they get it. And don’t do it to try and make converts. Just do it because you want to. lose the agenda, and learn to make friendships… The church has long forgotten how to associate with ‘The Unequally Yoked’. WAKE UP!! That is almost EVERYBODY! Make lasting friendships and then and ONLY then do you have the personal right to talk about things such as religion and conversion.
-We Value God: His Word, and His Creation, His redemptive purpose in Christ for the world, and His presence through the Holy Spirit.
-We value people without Christ to whom we owe the compassion of Christ and an opportunity to receive the gospel and enter into Christian fellowship.
-We value individual believers and their personal commitment to Christ, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, discipleship, Christian family life, and fulfillment of the will of God.
-We value local churches worldwide which are marked by sound doctrine, Pentecostal worship, every-member ministry, loving relationships, Holy Spirit-empowered evangelism, anointed proclamation and practical expression of Christian faith.
-We value a cooperative fellowship that enhances the church's ability to fulfill its mandate, through servant leadership, a shared vision, flexible structures, and strategic mobilization of its resources.
TIP: If you really want to relate to everyone else (Which is 99.99% of the world) get rid of the religious jargon, the dress up code, the formality, the long winded talks that nobody gets or cares about,and do something productive. I mean REALLY productive. Like a steak and beer night. THAT is how you build a community…People understand beer and steak night… they get it. And don’t do it to try and make converts. Just do it because you want to. lose the agenda, and learn to make friendships… The church has long forgotten how to associate with ‘The Unequally Yoked’. WAKE UP!! That is almost EVERYBODY! Make lasting friendships and then and ONLY then do you have the personal right to talk about things such as religion and conversion.
