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| Christian Structural Problems Regardless of doctrine, most churches suffer in general from the way they are configured. An organizational system is intended to process components in a machine-like fashion.  A repetitive cycle of sermons, activities, events,and programs can generate a busyness that is often mistaken for progress. Running a church like a mechanical system or a collective provides advantages for the administers such as reducing activities to procedures.  A young boy in a bible study asked which church he should go to. It was sad because any church he went to would take one look at his age and stuff him in a youth group where they would go bowling and have pizza. If he asked what it had to do with Christianity, it would be difficult to answer other than to say this is where we put the kids. The basic problem with churches is that they not only cannot facilitate relationships between people, but often hinder them. The static doctrine of a denomination often stifles the inquiry that would help one mature because anything “spiritual” is often seen as solely the pastor’s realm. In addition, limiting what one can share or even inquire of from others. This sort of stifling can result in social conversation limited to sports, homemaking, and car repair.  The boy in the bible study could benefit from a mentoring relationship with his father. However, today’s fathers are usually ignorant themselves. The father usually thinks that putting his son in a church group is sufficient. It is not. Both father and son can benefit from mentoring, unfortunately there is often no one from whom they can learn. This leaves learning on one’s own, which will be addressed later. |
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