Went to a joint Anglican/Methodist service in our village today. The two leaders get on very well. The congregations are happy to be with each other. There are lots of joint social and cultural ventures together that improve the life of the village. Chats about involvement in city-based social initiatives. Much to be grateful for ....and yet....
The pastors and the congregation are overwhelmingly female. (and the congregation old). So what? Well the theology is all about love and inclusivity. OVERWHELMINGLY. Lots of buzz words from wokism. It's all about the (general) female character of agreeableness (ref Jordan Peterson) No-one in either church has ever told the congregation WHY Christ had to die for us, because we are BORN with this fatal, inherited flaw that separates us from God. We can all just slide into the Faith and find our comfortable level.
When I consider the rows of young bearded men falling out of mosques into the streets to pray and make their presence public, how are we not going to be overwhelmed and subsumed (if not destroyed). When we talk about God but not about Jesus and His uniqueness, soon will come the day when our services will effectively be about a merciful Allah alone.
The pastors and the congregation are overwhelmingly female. (and the congregation old). So what? Well the theology is all about love and inclusivity. OVERWHELMINGLY. Lots of buzz words from wokism. It's all about the (general) female character of agreeableness (ref Jordan Peterson) No-one in either church has ever told the congregation WHY Christ had to die for us, because we are BORN with this fatal, inherited flaw that separates us from God. We can all just slide into the Faith and find our comfortable level.
When I consider the rows of young bearded men falling out of mosques into the streets to pray and make their presence public, how are we not going to be overwhelmed and subsumed (if not destroyed). When we talk about God but not about Jesus and His uniqueness, soon will come the day when our services will effectively be about a merciful Allah alone.