Churches that do not do charity

[LayHong_Loves_Christ]

Churches that do not do charity, not even care for their own members, totally ignore the poor, do these churches worth to exist?

 

[Lawrence87]

I mean the assumption behind your post is that Church services are worthless and do nothing for people.

I do not know that any Churches do not do any overt charity work, but only an atheist would say that conducting services is not doing something for people, ultimately it does more for them than anything. Could some Churches do more? Maybe. But if a Church is acting as a place of worship to God then it is worth existing.

 

[adderbolt]

Churches that do not do charity, not even care for their own members, totally ignore the poor, do these churches worth to exist?

The problem is an optical one. Many Christian churches are in reality businesses posing or pretending to be a church. One well-known denomination is not so much in the saving souls business as they are in the real estate business.

And odd that the churches that let their members fend for themselves and do very little for the poor are usually the fastest growing and most adept at fund raising. Satan often puts on the best shows ...

 

[LayHong_Loves_Christ]

A Church that only wants people to come and do services in it, give some money and go away.
What is the meaning of this Church?
Jesus said it is not to worship God in Jerusalem nor any specific place.
To be a Christian, I can worship God at home. Why must I go to Church?

John 4:21, ESV: "Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father."

 

[Bramblewild]

I'm not sure how a truly Christian church would not be involved in some way in doing good works, showing charity to people and especially to those in the church itself who are in need of help.

That may not mean they are involved in formal charity works; rather, it might be more like informal help or giving. Or even that the church itself is not doing the works but teaches and encourages the people in the church to care for their neighbors.

Churches doing charity works can be good, but can also be abused. There are churches that do their charitable works to look good, to get good press, to hold themselves up as good people. To my mind, this comes close to going against what Christ said about not doing your good works to be seen.

Be very careful of a church that hold up their good works, even charitable works, in such a way that they are doing little more than bragging about themselves.

 

[LayHong_Loves_Christ]

Church is the body of Christ,
if church's management does not care about the welfare of her people,
this is not a true church, just a religious organization.