I’m Tired of “Church People”

I’ve seen ugliness and I’ve seen pain. I’ve seen rock bottom and I’ve seen people go further still. I’ve seen drugs ravage, alcohol destroy, adultery shatter and promiscuousness corrupt. I’ve seen complete condemnation and I’ve seen utter abjectness. None of this, however, compares to what disgusts me the most: “church people.”

No, I’m not talking about anyone who goes to church. I’m talking about people who consider the church “theirs.” I’m not talking about the person who simply wants to warm a pew. I’m talking about the person who proudly imprints his name on that pew. I’m not talking about the fallen leaders taken down by drugs, sex or corruption. I’m talking about the leaders who stand in judgment of them.

I’m sick and tired of people who believe that the church is about them and what they have to offer.  I’m disgusted by people who read I Corinthians 13 and believe it is the marriage passage and nothing else. I’m weary of those who stand pridefully at the altar, rather than collapsing to their knees in front of it.

I long for a family of believers - I refuse to say church because the name has been dirtied by dirty men - who love one another and love those not even in their ranks. I yearn for a family that humbles itself and believes the truest form of leadership comes in humble servant hood. I cry out for a body that cares less about ministries and more about ministering.

I believe that I am not alone. I KNOW this. I’ve heard it and seen it.

Are there hypocrites in the church? You better believe it, and I’m chief amongst them. God forgive us.

I don’t want one more second of my life to be spent on “church people.” Not one.

I’ve seen what true love is. It’s about feeding the hungry. Comforting the hurting. Lifting the fallen. Consoling the widowed.

True love is about giving of yourself so that others may prosper, not just enough so that you avoid pain. True love is about sacrifice. The truest love knows no race, no gender, no boundary and no judgment.

It’s time to reform so that we are no longer “church people.”

We need to be what we were called to be from the very beginning - God’s people.

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