Wise words for Methodists – and other Christians –
from Mike Slaughter:
84% of Americans now live in or around urban areas. But I’m United Methodist, so I speak out of the context of what I know best. 74% of our capital resources (that’s our buildings) are where only 16% of the American population lives. The Methodist Church flourished in the 1800’s and early 1900’s in small towns and rural areas. But now we continue to send pastors to church buildings instead of populations. And if we’re really going to reach people, we’re going to have to radically rethink our paradigms of what it’s going to mean to be missional.
http://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/1227/interview-w-mike-slaughter
What would happen if Mainline Protestants deployed their resources to where the people are?
A cry from the heart for compassion, justice, peace, and equality in Gaza and Israel
"It is clear that the killing of over 1200 Israelis on October 7th of 2023 was unacceptable. But the killing of Palestinians after that
in the tens of thousands including women and children is not acceptable."
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