The Church is Broken, But …

I read this over on Kurt Johnston’s blog. I like the practical way in which he thinks. Sometimes we get too caught up in the terminology and structure and just forget to be content and serve. The church is broken, but one day in heaven it will be perfect!

A good friend of mine asked me yesterday, “Do you think the church is broken?”He wasn’t talking about any church in particular, but THE church.My answer: “Yes, but…..”

Yes, the church is broken…or at least parts of it are. It really doesn’t take long to identify lots of broken parts in the church.

But, the church has always been broken…or at least parts of it. I have a strange feeling that if we re-designed church the way we think it should be (simple church, authentic community, socially active, Acts 2, new leadership paradigm, etc.) it would still be broken, just broken in different ways. If we got rid of all the big buildings and met in homes, I bet it would be about six months before we started saying “Wow, wouldn’t it be nice to have a big room somewhere so we could all get together once in a while?” If we flattened the leadership paradigm, I bet it would be about six months before we started saying “Gee, it sure would be nice if somebody was in charge around here!”

Yes, the church is broken…but.