I listened to a friend express intense dissatisfaction with the Church universal. The crux of the displeasure did not concern sermon length, matters of theology, worship style, or even God God’s Self. The dissatisfaction was about stewardship: my friend disagrees with how the Church allocates its money. “I want the Church to do more.” By way of example, my friend discussed a popular, multi-campus, primarily African-American megachurch nearby. With all its land and other resources, that church could serve the community in greater, more substantial ways.
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