It Takes All Kinds of Churches

By Craig Groeschel

When I was a kid, my church friends were critical of other churches. The “other” churches were too weird, too charismatic, too legalistic, too boring, or too stuffy.

Sadly today, many Christians are convinced their style of church is the only and best way.

It takes all kinds of Christian churches to reach all kinds of people.

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“How Can a Person Grow Spiritually in the Next Year?”

That question is answered by five church leaders who are (respectively) Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist – at Michael Spencer’s blog.

This is a first in a series of posts with contributions from this group, whom Spencer has drolly termed “The Liturgical Gangstas.”

Neuhaus sees heightened conflict between church and culture in years ahead

Richard John Neuhaus has posted an essay (The Coming Kulturkampf) at First Things: On the Square in which he asserts that Obama’s expansion of abortion rights will necessitate (and perhaps bring) resistance from both Catholics and Protestants:

“The Church is much more disposed toward conversion, providing moral guidance, and the transformation of culture. The Christ against culture model is never chosen, but sometimes there is no choice.”

On religious pluralism

Adam Walker Cleaveland reflects on the mission of the Interfaith Youth Core:

“I often find it interesting when I hear the question, ‘So, what do you think about pluralism…?’ In some ways - it’s really like asking the question, ‘So, what do you think of air?’ What do we think about pluralism? Well - like the air we breathe - it just is; we live in a pluralist and multicultural world.”

Interfaith Youth Core website