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Sons To Glory
Paul. The Bible never uses these gifts as titles in front of people’s
names, because they are functions to be lived out, and not titles to carry
for the sake of honor. We should honor one another, but our honor
should come from the content of our character and not the giftings that
God gives to us. Some of God’s best pastors will never stand behind a
pulpit, but will pastor their neighborhoods or their co-workers. Their
most anointed teachings will be done one-on-one in the workplace
cafeteria. This is how Jesus pastored the first disciples and how He
intended for the Church to grow in the first place. Many people are
going back to this simple method of discipleship.
Andrew Strom in his article, “Out of Church Christians” writes:
“This “Out-of-church” phenomenon has now grown so large
that books are being written about it. In fact, several years ago I
heard an estimate that there are TENS OF THOUSANDS of
such Christians just in our largest city (Auckland, New Zealand)
alone. And I believe it is the same right across the Western
nations. I have personally come into contact with literally
hundreds of such people. The surprising thing is that they are
often the most committed kind of Christians - praying,
insightful, deep- thinking. Yet they have grown tired of
“playing the game” inside our church system and have opted
out. Often their involvement goes back many years. In fact,
they had commonly been leaders of various kinds. Most of
these people have not given up on Christianity at all. It is
today’s church system that they have given up on. And many
feel like they are “waiting” for something. Some of these
people have started up home-fellowships. Or they meet with
other couples on a casual basis.” 17
Are these thousands of Christians who have left the institutional church
just being rebellious? “Church hoppers” is often what many are called
who can’t seem to fit into the common mold called “church” today.
But just maybe it is the “church” that is out of order? Jesus said, “I
will build my church” (Matt 16:18) and that we are to “go make
disciples.” (Matt 28:19) Yet we have this backwards today and are
trying to build churches and hope that God will make disciples out of
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