Actually this is not a FAIL but a representation of what the church should be; a place for the broken, mistreated, needy, and uncool. Are we building churches that point to our collective need for Jesus or are we building churches that subtly give the impression that you better have your act together? Is it safe to be a mess at your church? If not, why not? What kind of church are you building?
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I think what the submitter saw as a "fail" may have been the juxtaposition of all of those representations of bad things happening to people and the sermon title "America's *Joyous* Future". I don't know that I agree it's a fail, but I see their point - it's hard to think of the future being joyous when so many people have so many problems.
Right. I hear that. But I think the point for the church is that a joyous future may be best found through those people who know it is not a FAIL to admit their need and pursue Jesus.
Maybe if each of those meetings at the church Mon through Friday began with the word "Recovering ..." the sign would have not caught the interest of the Fail blog.
Matt: 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
I would say it's an epic, classic case of fail ... I didn't see the gospel in there at all. Christ commanded the church with the great commision: go and make disciples; NOT go and make your life better.
Now, having said that, churches MAY get involved in the programs listed, but they're not the main effort of the church. In other words, if a church has NONE of the programs listed but preaches the gospel, it is still the church. If it does ALL of those programs but fails to faithfully preach the gospel and observe the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper, then it's not a church = fail.
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