Limited Appeal May 29, 2011
Posted by Dan R. Dick in Christian witness, Church Leadership, Identity & Purpose, The United Methodist Church, Theological Reflection.Tags: Church Leadership, Mission & Purpose, The United Methodist Church, Values
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I got an email this week from a lifelong Methodist who writes:
You do realize, don’t you, that you have a very limited appeal? The majority of United Methodists are extremely happy with the way things are.
Really? We are happy with losing credibility? We are happy that more people are leaving than are coming? We are happy that younger educated people find us irrelevant and ridiculous? We are happy that the only people who care about our survival is us? Really? Then why are we so obsessed with doing anything and everything to ensure our continued survival — whether we deserve to survive or not? Can the church of Jesus Christ fulfill its mission without a United Methodist Church? You betcha’, which means we better clean up our act really fast.
