So a single or divorced mom brings her kids to church, and you'd rather the pastor hinder her from coming because she's not accompanied by a husband?
Remember the Samaritan woman, or the woman they brought to Jesus who was caught in adultery?
Maybe the message this pastor is teaching is the same one Jesus taught, "Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more."
amen dawn- that is the problem with Christians, we are too busy judging others instead of uniting and "loving" one another. 1st Corinthians 13 says that without love, you are not a Christian.
"So a single or divorced mom brings her kids to church, and you'd rather the pastor hinder her from coming because she's not accompanied by a husband?
Remember the Samaritan woman, or the woman they brought to Jesus who was caught in adultery?
Maybe the message this pastor is teaching is the same one Jesus taught, "Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more.""
By diluting the message so as to "reach" the unsaved, you are doing a diservice to those in the pews who are saved and who need to be fed. Times are tough. Christians need to gear up for battle...cotton candy isn't going to cut it.
The entire megachurch mentality is based on the assumption that the church service is the place where evangelism occurs. That is simply wrong. Look at Scripture, indeed, look at the examples you give. Evangelism is to take place in the streets, at the wells, in stadiums, in office cubicles, etc....and most importantly, in the homes parent to child. The worship service is where believers come to be taught and fortified so that they can do the evangelistic work of the church - but that takes place outside those walls.
That model has nothing to do with condemnation. It has everything to do with recovering the historic and Biblical function of the church.