video church

interesting discussion at "Out of Ur" regarding Megachurch 2.0, the video venue. don't stop at the article but read the comments. my slippery slope fear is why not just meet with a couple friends at home in front of your TV and watch a webcast or a televangelist and call THAT church? i'm not sure that is right or wrong, but is there really such a famine of the gifts of the Spirit such as teaching? on the mission field some believers gather around a radio broadcast to listen to someone who knows nothing about them or their needs. some are listening to translators reading the sermon of an American. what if we just sit around and read the sermons of dead preachers? who needs technology? really all you need is 2 or 3 gathered in His name. how bad is atomization? if friends keep splintering off into smaller and smaller flavors of church, could it be another means to the end that God accomplished during the persecution of the Jerusalem church in Acts which dispersed the believers. but without the persecution aspect, will the lack of refining counteract the dispersal? lots of things to think on...

Comments

Anonymous said…
"...a secular country would have no interest or business in legislating against religious conversion. .."

Please correct your facts before commenting. India has NO law against religious freedom and practice.The only LEGITIMATE law is against forcible conversions or by conversion by lure[which is what is done by missionaries in the name of Christ -I know it is hard to digest but this is the REAL fact].You have no right to comment on laws of a democratic secular country when it is approved by the law makers and people.So just keep away from commenting on this aspect.It is THE LAW OF LAND OF DEMOCRATIC SECULAR INDIA.And it is NOT going to change just because of influx of missionaries disguising in the name of service to poor .Outside people HAVE NO business in commenting that the LAW IS "UNLAW".Period.


"..a secular government wouldn't have police who stand aside.." I live there and I know the truth.Most of the reports[leaving isolated cases] are fabricated and propoganded.The only objective is to siphon money from America/Europe and deceive in the name of religion.

In most of the cases,Converions are done against THE LAW OF THE LAND.Hence, all your observations are void in the context of the law.Period.

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