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While in Cleveland,Tn recently my daughter pointed out a small CoG that we both had connections with years ago. “It’s still very small just a few people attend,” she said. Here in the heart of CoG land with thousands of people living within a mile they have somehow managed to stay open but small. On the side of the building I noticed this sign and while it showed compassion it also I think would manage to keep people away. Who would want to go inside a building that branded you as spiritually sick? On the other side of the building a sign read, we are a hospital for souls. But of course there was no one around, no phone number and nothing gave the hours of service. Another case of meaning well but doing less than well.
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Yep. We keep trying our best to keep people from having any interest in coming to our churches!
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think about the legal liability of advertising that your church is a hospital and then someone believe in it and dies seeking care. Wouldn’t the church be in trouble for false advertising and misrepresentation of what they do?
I have leery of saying that the church is a hospital. never stated that!
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I believe this sign was spiritually correct. If it keeps them away, they haven’t got sick enough. The church is not supposed to be seeker friendly. As a matter of fact, the scriptures says to compel them. The church is not a place to make the sinner comfortable. If a sinner can come to your church and not feel uncomfortable then the church is not doing it’s job.
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Physically sick people want to get out of the hospital, they want to get better! How many spirituality sick want to get better, or do they just want to feel better about this fence balancing act? Trying to live in the church while being in the world, in lieu of living like the church while lighting HIS light in this world.
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