Are Nonreligious Organizations Able to Provide the Same Services as Churches?
March 5, 2015 at 10:43 am
I have no idea how to title this thread so I apologize if the name of the thread is confusing.
I have friends who join churches for the community, singing and childcare services. They might give lip service to the preaching but there seems to be other aspects that actually attract them to some churches over others.
For example, youth groups not only indoctrinate future religious people but they provide a physically safe environment for kids to meet one another. Sometimes they encourage kids to try to actually make a difference in their communities even if it only means converting others. Teenagers and their parents might like it if there were more secular youth groups were teens could have the same needs met without religious indoctrination.
Sometimes people who have trouble meeting or forming friends use church as a way to socialize with others. There should be some sort of outreach to those people.
Do you think that there is a way for nonreligious groups to take over the place that churches and other religious institutions serve in our communities?
I think that one advantage of being evangelical is that Christian churches work very hard to get the word out that they have such services, like childcare, available. A secular organization would need to be just as aggressive in letting people know that they exists to help.
I have friends who join churches for the community, singing and childcare services. They might give lip service to the preaching but there seems to be other aspects that actually attract them to some churches over others.
For example, youth groups not only indoctrinate future religious people but they provide a physically safe environment for kids to meet one another. Sometimes they encourage kids to try to actually make a difference in their communities even if it only means converting others. Teenagers and their parents might like it if there were more secular youth groups were teens could have the same needs met without religious indoctrination.
Sometimes people who have trouble meeting or forming friends use church as a way to socialize with others. There should be some sort of outreach to those people.
Do you think that there is a way for nonreligious groups to take over the place that churches and other religious institutions serve in our communities?
I think that one advantage of being evangelical is that Christian churches work very hard to get the word out that they have such services, like childcare, available. A secular organization would need to be just as aggressive in letting people know that they exists to help.
