Called to manifest the beauty of Divine Love to the world, many churches are instead hot-beds of internal politics and rivalry – caricatures of what Christ intended them to be.
The clear witness of the Christian community is a fundamental necessity for the effective propagation of the gospel. Evangelicals are in danger of putting the cart before the horse, when evangelism is stressed and fellowship ignored.
An anemic church can never fulfil God’s purposes.
Surely we need to set our own house in order first, before we can invite others to join our fellowship.
What can we do to rectify the dismal state of interpersonal relationships in the Christian community today?
Here are some suggestions. Read on…
