Francis Chan in Forgotten God
:“A while back a former gang member came to our church. He was heavily tattooed and rough around the edges, but he was curious to see what church was like. He had a relationship with Jesus and seemed to get fairly involved with the church. After a few months, I found out the guy was no longer coming to the church. When asked why he didn’t come anymore, he gave the following explanation: ‘I had the wrong idea of what church was going to be like. When I joined the church, I thought it was going to be like joining a gang. You see, in the gangs we weren’t just nice to each other once a week – we were family.’ That killed me because I knew that what he expected is what the church is intended to be. It saddened me to think that a gang could paint a better picture of commitment, loyalty, and family than the local church body.” (152)
(HT: Doug Wolter)
1 comment:
I have a friend that has a brother and a sister in missions and his father was a pastor. He is a Hell's Angle for the same reason as this post states. How sad are we when the gangs get it and we do not? I still would rather be in the Local church than a gang any-day ;-)
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