Saturday, December 15, 2007

The 80/20 church must go away

All churches in America are made up of what pastors call the 80/20, that is20% of the people doing all the work, the truth is what we have is 20% working to provide a Christian country club to the 80% of the attendees. And those 80% do nothing but consume the religious goods and services provide by the 20%. And so that 20% cannot exist for Missio Dei, but for only the comfort and selfish needs of the 80% so that they might have their comfortable religious experience and fulfill what they believe is their obligation to God, so that they can get their ticket to heaven.

Statistically less than 3% of the people and recourses are actual being used for Missio Dei, less than a 10th of a percent serve as missionaries (and the rest believe that it is only that 10th of a percent that is responsible for the Missio Dei) and less than 3% of church income is used to fund missions and feed the poor and need, provide for the widow and orphans of the world, they very things we are to be doing something about and using our recourses for. The church would be better off the just remove the 80% who are nothing more than dead weight prohibiting the other 20% from being the real church. What we need it for the church be 100% people who are living as the church in their every day lives, on missio Dei, and being the church for the sake of the world, using recourses to take care of the poor, widow and orphan as God said to. And to live sent into the world, each one going out on mission, living out and taking the gospel to the world, making disciples of them. Their would no longer be the need for multi million dollar entertainment centers, no need or buildings at all really, no need for programs or paid staff. Just the real church we see in scriptures, especially in Act’s, remove the element of church being a building, and institute, and entertainment center that must cater to the 80% that are nothing but consume the religious goods and services provide by the 20%, and you change the pyridine of how church is church.

You can read more about my personal life as a Christian and being the church at www.thechristiannextdoor.com and www.churchnextdoor.us

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