Church Voices

From here:

It’s not that the quality of their core ministry is compromised by their entry into the political realm; rather, the number of people who would ever dream of walking through the front door of a FamilyLife conference is diminished to only those on the same side of the political fence as FamilyLife.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the problem every church faces. When a church enters the political fray there will be a certain number of people that will instantly be closed off from ever entering the church building or engaging in a meaningful conversation with a member of the church. The problem comes in with the fact that churches are in the business of “making disciples of all the nations”, sort of a difficult task when some of the members of a nation won’t even talk to you.

At the same time the church is compelled to weigh in on some political issues. Primarily issues where the government has failed to uphold its divine charge of enacting justice (Romans 13:1ff). As with many, many issues the devil is in the details on this. On what issues and how should a church express itself? At the very least its walking a very thin a tightrope.