church attendance

Now without trying to go off on a rant about lack of attendance equaling a lack of commitment I think that there must be something in it although this kind of thought is far to simple! Now I know that this is something that churches up and down the country face - the problem of sparodic attendance from some. Now we all know that following Jesus is more than just attending church - but actually if we are committed to Jesus then surly we should be committed to his church? Now there may be various reason why we are not and I guess that is something that church leaders must face up to. They can range from the simple people visiting family work commitment and stuff - to the fact that things at just might be boring! I still do not totally equate lack of attendance as lack of commitment but i think it is symptomatic.

We are living in a generation that cries out entertain me! Now we all like to be entertained but if we base our meeting together purely on entertainment that that really is not good enough and just breads shallow empty and flimsy Christians! I guess in a smaller church it is more noticeable when you have members away - it is just gets frustrating! I guess i look that this issue from the view of a church leader and it looks very different from when you are a member! Some of you may ask what am i on about and that is a far question. I guess my point is that it is very difficult to build momentum when people seem to constantly be away.

This may appear to be shallow and seemingly reveal insecurities but in fact it is not - I just long for believers (myself included) to be committed to celebrating the sovereign work of God in our lives together. I long to see church communities that are growing in faith and adventure. growing in number - the church is not there to be criticised as it is the bride of Christ, it is beautiful and wonderful to be a apart of it. Maybe we just need to be re-captivated by the Spirit of God and re-imagine "church" so that it is not a club meeting but a collection of missionaries who meet to celebrate, share stories of the adventures of the week, encourage each other ready to go into the mission fields of the office, factory, school, college, university etc...

Whatever the critics say it i wonderful to be part of the church with all the faults (the faults with the church are of our making as it is made up of people who have faults)

If you are a sparodic church attender, WHY? id it symptomatic of a shallow faith? It may or may not be but i leave it with you...