"WHAT KIND OF
ACTIVITIES DOES YOUR CHURCH HAVE?"
When people go around
"church shopping", as they often do, they seldom ask any questions
about doctrine. I suppose they presume that all churches gave up doctrinal
distinction long ago; and for the most part they would be correct in such a
presumption. But one question they almost always ask is - "What kind of
activities does your church have?" Most preachers and most churches
realize that people like activity. They like to be entertained. They like to do
something. So the preacher and churches gladly comply. Whatever it takes to
draw a crowd and keep people happy, they will do. Ball teams, puppet shows,
movies, social programs for every ages and concerts are the things which the
church of the twentieth century provides for the activity of its members. In
the New Testament they had another kind of activity (Acts