>>Times they are a changing...it’s a new season. Some see it.....
I agree. But the signs are easy to misread. Many people think that the safe road is to separate from the the imperfect church, but its like watching some horror movie where everyone splits up to be picked off one by one and the people in the audience are saying, “What a bunch of idiots. They should have stayed together!”
The Holy Spirit is who keeps and protects believers, not some denominational organization which is corrupt from the inside out.
But I am not talking about the “imperfect” church...I’m talking about corruption, heresy, blatant disregard for the Bible - and even overly and angrily legalistic and rules driven, or prosperity gospel churches. All of these are far more than just “imperfect.”
Meanwhile, a lot of small groups and other gatherings - not “churches” per se - are popping up. Also a lot of smaller churches...meeting in gas stations and so on...with pastors who do not require the church to support them financially...the “bi vocational” ministry...all of these are neither lone wolf pursuits nor the organized church.