PilgrimBible.org
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Pilgrim Bible Church - Tacoma, WA
Description
A survey of the contemporary evangelical scene reveals some startling facts: church attendance is up, way up, while Bible knowledge is down, way down! More people now say they believe in God than ever before according to a recent Gallup survey, while an equally high number of respondents said they did not believe that truth is absolute. You are left to wonder just what kind of God these people worship!? These paradoxes shouldn't surprise us; Never before in the history of the church has doctrine been so universally disparaged and held in contempt. And this attitude threatens the very gospel message Christ commissioned His Bride to proclaim (Matt. 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-47). The title of a recent best-seller sums it up well, the church has become Ashamed of the Gospel!
But it is not ashamed of programs! In the power vacuum created when the "power of God", the gospel (Rom.1:16-17), is rejected, programs proliferate, along with a whole host of contradictions. For example, the church seems to target families for much of its ministry programming, but the minute the family arrives on its door step each Sunday, it ceases to be a family as parents and children are separated and sent to separate classrooms for "age-appropriate instruction". They'll be fortunate to see each other again in the same building before the benediction.
This "divide and conquer" mentality is not the only anomaly ready to greet a newcomer to evangelicalism's curious blend of contradictions where the family is concerned. Evangelicals also say they oppose divorce and appear poised to fight it tooth and nail, while distressing statistics reveal just how "toothless" is their claim. Couples within the evangelical fold de-couple at alarming rates which actually rival the divorce statistics of the unbelieving world! But then you cannot blame the church for becoming a carbon copy of the world it attempts to reach when the only weapon in its arsenal of evangelism is "relevance". The church marches to the drum beat of popularity and trendiness. It gets its agenda from the world and has succumbed to worldliness. For example, tolerance is the great virtue of our age, and anyone who would dare "call a spade a spade" and refer to someone's activities or lifestyle as "sinful" is stigmatized as the real enemy of society and progress. Tolerance has also invaded the church in the form of a growing acceptance of heresy (the openness of God theology, for example) and a corresponding reluctance to confront sin within the Body as the Bible specifically instructs (Matt. 18:15-20; I Cor. 5:1-13). Then, there's the new "golden calf" of the contemporary worship movement, where one "connects" with his god not through any serious consideration of or meditation upon the Scriptures, but through a certain "style" of music featuring minimal lyrics and the mantra-like repetition of inebriating cadences. People come away from such "worship" more confused about God than ever but far more self-satisfied and self-affirmed.
Contact
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- Anywhere Washington
- United States 11111
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- +1.1111111111
