22/09/2024
There is something that I think many church people have not realized.
Sunday service is not for church members. It is for visitors. It is an avenue for you to invite your community to come and see what God is doing.
Many times we tailor church services for believers and then expect unbelievers to come and enjoy the “boring” 2 hours down the throat of someone who is just coming for the first time. - We have to look past ourselves and see the real people we have been called to serve. Those are the people the service is meant for.
Some churches even stand at the gate to drive back people dressing in certain ways. It’s like standing in front of a hospital to drive back sick people so that only the healthy hospital staff can get in.
The hospital is not meant for the staff. It is for the sick. The staff are there to render “service”, not to be served or to drive away the sick.
The real discipleship that Christianity is about does not happen in just Sunday services - It is a good starting point but the real transformation happens between those services.
So should Sunday services be trendy?? It depends on the crowd you want to attract.
Should “indecent” dressing be allowed?? Well, I know there is a community in Nigeria where people don’t where clothes. Can we go there and insist they must wear clothes before they can experience Jesus???
The gospel meets people right where they are and helps them get to where they ought to go. We can rebuke a sister who does not dress well, not a visitor coming to church for the first time. We honor them as guest.
Sometimes we do these, not even for God, but so that other Christians will know that we are a “good church”
If you want to catch a trendy fish, you better use a trendy bait.
Imagine going to sing “Akanchawa” in a Yoruba dominated community. It is only the 2 Igbo people in the community that will come.
You are asking if it is right to chant or sing 12345678 in church. It depends on the service and who the service is designed to serve.
The music we sing in church is not only glory to God, it also connects and opens up the soul for what God is about to do in that life.
The real transformation is a process that happens beyond that Sunday service.
I say make I clean this table. It has been on my mind for a while now.
Love ❤️
Ndu David
