I interviewed a few people that for the most part are "unchurched" or in other words have not been to church in a while. I have found that at one point all of them had at one point have gone to church. All of them say that it was when they were young. All of them are in college now and I realized that all of them believed in the relativity of truth. They each thought that what they had was truth but that there was no such thing as an absolute truth. What was also interesting was their view of church. Some said that they still would go from time to time while others said that they did no longer. The major reason why: hypocrisy. They saw the hypocrisy in the church or have been on the receiving end of it and it has put a bad taste in their mouth. They saw the things that are happening in the Roman Catholic church and with the child molestation and have written off the church. None of those that I interviewed were against church, they just viewed it as it was not right for them but it could be right for others. They believed strongly in coexisting with people and allowing others to follow what they wanted to follow.
From what I could gather from these interviews was that people are not really opposed to church but are more opposed to people forcing things on them. They want the freedom to believe what they believe. I see a generation that is truly looking for truth but to shout at them and tell them how much of a sinner they are is not going to help them listen to you. If anything we need to love on them and build a relationship with them before being able to speak into their lives. This means going out to the people to serve them and let them know we genuinely care for them before being able to have the privilege of speaking to the about Jesus. I lines up with John 13:34-35. That by loving each other the world will know Jesus. IF we love each other.
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