IF YOU GAVE UP ON CHURCH YOU ARE NOT ALONE

IF YOU USED TO ATTEND CHURCH AND MAKE ROOM FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS in your life, but now you have all but given up on church, Christianity, and God, you are not alone. In the last eight years the Christian population in America has decreased by 8%. At that rate, Christianity is now the fastest shrinking religion in the U.S. When the church becomes complicated, rigid, and judgmental, it becomes irrelevant; and the simple, life transforming message of Christ- along with the powerful effect of a relationship-based faith- gets lost in the mix. The real loser is the culture that now, more than ever, needs the church to be the family of God to so many in our world who are suffering from all types of broken relationships.

Well, where is the good news?  Over the last few months, God has been up to something at the oldest church in Topeka north of the river. Seaman Community Church (SCC), after seeing decades of decline, is charting a new course. They have decided to look to the historical example of the scripture and make sure they are providing people the same opportunity to experience Christ's love, grace, and support through spiritual community as the early church did.

A REFORMATION IS UNDERWAY. While music and ministry styles are modernizing, the most fundamental changes are coming in their understanding of just what a church is supposed to be from God's perspective. New ministries like a Third Friday night coffee house are providing opportunities for all generations to come together around a desire to live well, laugh often, and love much. The church is striving to become more of a family than an institution. Their desire is to love all generations closer to God with unique ministries to children and youth to start in the fall.

Check out their Core Convictions  and ask yourself if this is something you could really benefit from and would like to get involved with. What have you got to lose? Take the next step forward.