Last night, a reporter visited our high school home church, Word (for which I am a leader for). Strange circumstances lead the reporter to be there – it all started when a parent of someone who was once part of the high school home church began making a ruckus around town that our church was a cult.
Now, anyone who has been to our church could tell you in a few minutes that we’re no cult, yet this isn’t the first time such allegations have been raised. This must be because we “do church” much different than most American Christians do it; rather than come to the church building to sit, stand, and kneel once a week, we believe the church is the people who’ve received Christ personally into their lives and gather together many times a week to pray, study the bible, and have fellowship together. To an outsider looking in, it must be strange to see people so dedicated, excited, and sold out about their beliefs and the church they belong to, but this actually usually serves to attract more people to our church. People long for this kind of vibrant and godly community!
So, anyway, the reporter was there to write an article about the entire situation of our church being called a cult and to observe Word do its thing. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of article is finally published after the reporter finishes his story about our fellowship – this guy has certainly collected enough information at this point to write a small novel about our little Christian fellowship.
But my point is, the meeting last night felt spiritually charged! From Neil’s teaching, to many kids sharing and praying afterwards, the holy spirit was definitely present. Afterwards, one girl who has been attending meetings for awhile accepted Christ into her life.
I wonder what the reporter thinks of all this.
