Church

To some this word makes you cringe, you have been turned off from being in a church or turned off from someone who goes to church that has treated you badly. To some however the word gets them excited and energized. to others it is just another word and you don't care at all about the word or the meaning or the purpose. This past week there was an article published that said the church in America is declining. they are obviously talking about the number of people that attend church and the number of people that are involved and committed to church. When numbers decline there is a reason. The auto industry is declining, there is a reason. The manufacturing industry is declining, there is a reason. Sales at stores are declining, there is a reason. the church is declining, there is a reason. Each person has their own ideas and thoughts as to why things might be declining. Each person has their own ideas about why they don't want to purchase something and is causing sales to decline. Yes each person has their own idea on church and why they do or don't want to be apart of it. So as an employee of a church, just like any employee of any company struggling. WHY? is the question. It begs the question from me, What is the purpose of the church? Where is the church suppose to be? just as industries are going through revamping and beginning to change how things have been done. Is it time for the church to do the same? Is it time for Church to be different than it has always been? I don't know and i am asking myself questions this week. So what is our role as church today?