I've been doing some thinking about Christians working together with people of other faiths (or none) on issues that we hold in common such as injustice, poverty, crime.
We do a lot of singing, talking and praying about justice, but when it comes to taking opportunities to actually DO it (the verb used in Micah 6 v8... look it up) we seem to get selective. I have observed a reluctance to partner equally or join with others, and a preference to set up our own thing... where we're in charge. Particularly evangelicals - which is my background - and particularly bigger self-sufficient suburban churches (by which I mean where the members live, not necessarily where the building is located).
Why is this? Fear of compromise, or dilution? A need to be in control? It can mean some of the best opportunities to make a difference through many people pulling together on a shared concern are weakened, numerically and ideologically, because the churches are largely absent.
The question is... what do we want most - for justice to flow or to be in in control? |
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