Bible Question:
Dear Sir or Madaam, I have been thinking on this issue for some time and it has come as some consternation to me. I am a Lutheran in the Eangelical Synod in Seattle, WA. My question is this. Not too long ago my church had a worship switch (not sure about what exactly it was called). Basically the idea was that each church in the surrounding area would have two volunteers and everyone would go to another church for one Sunday service. The idea being that it would bring the Christian Community closer together. Some odd churches were invited. Ok, odd is the wrong word, but churches with differing views from ours...namely the Catholic church, and the Church of Scientology, among others. Where as I beleive that bringing Christians together across denominations isnt so bad an idea I have seen things in my community churches that has bothered me. Namely the drive to bring all faiths together. I understand that Seattle is a secular city but many of the churches around this area have constructed Multi-faith prayer rooms. Rooms where Muslims, Buddists, Christians, etc. can all go into and pray or do whatever. I feel that while it is always good to be kind and accepting of other faiths that it is our job to spread the Gospel of our lord and this seems like a compromise of our beliefs in order to bring someone closer to us. Am I wrong to be put off by this, and what are some of the goals hoped to come from these efforts? I would very much like to hear someone explain this to me. Thank you for your time and concern. Respectfully, Jonathan Jones |
Bible Answer: Dear JJ, May I just add a bit of my comment in response to your situation. You may also consider how God had warned again and again the Israelite not to have any relation with the gentiles when they were fighting their way to the Promise Land in OT. God even commanded them to destroy everything (both living things and non-living things) in certain cities in order to keep the purity of the Israelite. How ironically is that now we are giving up what God has restored through us to the world as in your situation. In Christ. Azure |