There has been so much going right now. I am excited and encouraged by what has happened at our church in the last few months. We had a campaign in which we converted 27 people. I would guess that about 50%-60% have remained faithful and there is another 20% that we are still in contact with and hoping that at some point in the future we will be able to plug them in.
Our church has also installed elders. It is so wonderful to have some leadership, thought it will take some getting used to after 3 and 1/2 years without any leadership.
This is also the first year that I have not had to plan our ski trip. I had such a huge amount of school work to get done (and still have a lot to get done) that I couldn't do it. THerefore, several people have taken it over and it is going smoothly.
The youth group is struggling a little bit. But I believe struggling is part of growing in the Lord.
It seems that we are on the right path at the moment. The one thing that we can be sure installing elders will hold for the future is more work.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
So much to do, so little time
Well, today I am sitting in my office working on a paper and trying to stay focused. Wish I was a supere fast writer but sadly enough that is just not the reality of my situation.
I am a member of the Church of Christ here in OK and I am so depressed and saddened about what has happened here as of late. Several very zealous but misguided members of the church have attacked what they perceive to be false teaching at Quail Springs Church of Christ in Edmond, OK. The elders decided that their church would begin to have an instrumental assembly along with a separate accapella assembly. Though I am not in agreement with their decision, I do not believe that this is a salvation matter. I am simply not convinced that the Bible commands accapella worship to the extent that someone who worships with an instrument will be damned to hell.
I believe that the best argument for our case to sing without instruments is the fact that they were not introduced to the Christian worship service for a few hundred years after the beginning of Christ's church. When they were introduced they caused division. I do not condone the way that the Reflections staff in Lindsay, OK handled this situation. I just hope that eventually this will blow over and despite this negative representation of the Church of Christ, people will see that not all of her members act in this manner.
I am a member of the Church of Christ here in OK and I am so depressed and saddened about what has happened here as of late. Several very zealous but misguided members of the church have attacked what they perceive to be false teaching at Quail Springs Church of Christ in Edmond, OK. The elders decided that their church would begin to have an instrumental assembly along with a separate accapella assembly. Though I am not in agreement with their decision, I do not believe that this is a salvation matter. I am simply not convinced that the Bible commands accapella worship to the extent that someone who worships with an instrument will be damned to hell.
I believe that the best argument for our case to sing without instruments is the fact that they were not introduced to the Christian worship service for a few hundred years after the beginning of Christ's church. When they were introduced they caused division. I do not condone the way that the Reflections staff in Lindsay, OK handled this situation. I just hope that eventually this will blow over and despite this negative representation of the Church of Christ, people will see that not all of her members act in this manner.
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