The Imperfect Church

The Imperfect Church is an upcoming series at CrossCurrent Ministries. You can check it out on CrossCurrent's podcast if you can't make it in person. Search for "CrossCurrent Ministries" on iTunes or go here: crosscurrent.org for more info.

Here's a description of the series:
Skeptics have lost hope that organized religion has any value. Believers are suffering discouragement with the local church, being bored, disenchanted, and unsatisfied. Most people want more from God, but cant absorb another Sunday of lifeless ritual or another split of petty divisiveness among the people who are supposed to be called brothers.

Simply put, most churches are a mess. They have a perennial tendency to shoot their wounded, bicker over non-essentials, divide over useless doctrines, pour countless dollars into ineffective programs, dig their heels in on trivial decisions, and generally turn off any non-Christian they can get their hands on. And yet, at least in the offerings of scripture, the church is the promise of God, His one and only plan for carrying on the message of the redemption of the world.

In this 5-part series, we will explore what to do with the messy and broken, the fractured and flawed, beautiful and glorious thing called the church, see what its relevance to our lives may actually be, and discover what God was thinking when He created the Church. Join us for a provocative and scandalously raw discussion on the reality of the imperfect church.

9/13 - Part 1: Imperfect Church: Is It Supposed To Be This Way?
9/20 - Part 2: Imperfect Organization: Was Organized Religion Really Gods Plan?
9/27 - Part 3: Imperfect Expectations: Why the Church Seems to be Failing When Indeed She May Be Thriving
10/4 Part 4: Imperfect Relationships: The Tragic Transactional Nature of Relationships in the Church
10/11 - Part 5: Imperfect Pastors: What Every Christian Should Know About the Broken Heart of Pastors