[Worship] do-it-yourself.

["Melanie King" <melanie@planetkc.com>]

Hey, is everybody on vacation?  For a couple of days there I thought I had
been shunned!

Anyway,  a question about a trend I am seeing.  I know a number of families
quite well who have told me that they do not attend church but that they do
worship on Sundays at home.  These are not backslidden people, in my
opinion, or even people who got terribly hurt or offended in some church,
but genuine born-again Christians who live and share their faith and are
raising godly children.  It seems like such a contradiction to me, because
I've always been taught so strongly not to "forsake the assembling of
yourselves together."  At least some of these people are Methodists who
generally came from little country churches and have just not felt at home
in the big city churches.  Many of them are home school families - perhaps
it's all part of their do-it-yourself mentality (By the way - that's not a
criticism - I'm a homeschooler).  For some I know the issues may have been
social - things like abortion, sexual preference, women as pastors, etc. -
but so many people today are not loyal to a specific denomination, so I
would think that they would just seek out a church that shares their
convictions.  There are plenty to choose from.  Perhaps the issue even
surrounds the "worship wars."  Has anybody else observed this trend, and
what do you think is the underlying cause?  Is there a way to reach these
people and draw them back in to fellowship, or is what they are doing right
for them?

Melanie



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