Joyce Meyer said this: Sitting in church every Sunday does not make you a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes you a car.
My experience at Shoreline was that 85% or more of the congregation, even those who had attended for 5+ years were very baby Christians. They lacked the basic foundational information and training required to be a REAL Christian and live a REAL CHRIST CENTERED LIFE. Not just talk about it and quote scriptures that you have no real understanding of.
Happy clappy worshiptainment and grace love name it and claim it puke messages will not teach people what they need to know. They need to be taught accountability for their actions (read the other persons post about worship leaders playing in bars and fornication)People need to know that the wages of sin is death (spiritual) and they need to live a pure life and be a good witness to others and do charitable works. Not aspire to drive BMW's because God will bless them with one because they tithe every Sunday.
The message today is so screwed up. I attended this church for a good 3-4 years before I threw in the towel. The more I volunteered and got to know the staff and started seeing how things really were around there, the less interested in attending I became. It has been the same pattern for many others who have left and now attend other churches. One of these days the senior pastor will see that some of his associate pastors and staff should be replaced. A leader needs a good team to be successful.
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