Here's what we need!!

In the Word of God we see a theme. It's all about God. The Trinity working together in the Church is what distinguishes us from other organizations. And, when all three are not represented we begin to look and act more like social clubs. Does anyone agree with this so far?

In far to many American Churches, I can name a bunch of them, they are not being led by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They are led by man. Man has come of with all kinds of controlling rules that are detrimental to freedom in the Spirit. The result is that we are not fully free to operate in our gifts and passions because we have to jump through the pastor/leadership hoops. The Holy Spirit releases and the church halts us. There is often this list of criteria one must meet before they can serve in this or that ministry. We even find that we must ask for permission to engage in a ministry that is not of those normal and approved ministries of the church.

One dear friend of mine went through the channels and received the blessing of the church to promote an outreach, non official ministry of the church she attends. They gave her a table. She had workers lined up to work the promotion, hand out fliers at the door etc. The leadership just told her that she had to stay at the table with her materials and that she could not hand out fliers at the door. There reason, if we let you hand out ministry fliers for your ministry we will have to let everyone do it to. So she laid off her flier hander outers.

Am I correct to assume that many and far too many churches are led by man and not God. Is it possible that we are killing the gifting and the passions of our people.