The State of Our Churches

As I watched the State of the Union address last night, I realized it would serve us well as ministers and churches to reflect on the state of our churches just as the president does every year with our union. It’s hard to reflect objectively on the work we do as ministers because it means examining the very core of who we are as well as the call we heard. At the same time, it’s very easy as ministers and churches to get distracted with the life and the work of the church rather than the life and work of being Christ followers because whether we would like to admit it or not, church has become a business.