{"id":7698,"date":"2011-11-12T17:02:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=7698"},"modified":"2025-09-18T04:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:52:37","slug":"the-churched-the-unchurched-and-the-hyper-churched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/the-churched-the-unchurched-and-the-hyper-churched\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cchurched,” the \u201cunchurched,\u201d and the hyper-churched"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Glenn Christophersen
\nFrom IndyWatchman Ministries<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Let me fly my colours straight up. I would rather be unchurched\u00a0and saved, than churched\u00a0and unsaved.This concept of targeting the unchurched\u00a0has its modern manifestation\u00a0beginnings with the \u201cseeker friendly\u201d movement, but it\u2019s really just a rehashing of the ancient Papal heresy of, \u201cthere is no salvation outside the church.\u201d Of course, when Catholic apologists think church, they think the institution with its headquarters\u00a0in Rome. When the current crop of churchians\u00a0think church, they think their personal little religious kingdoms. I suspect that many of the mega churchian leaders have a sneaking admiration for the Roman religion. After all, they have managed to sell to millions of people the idea that they must belong to their organization if they want a secured eternity.<\/p>\n

This distinction between unchurched\u00a0and churched\u00a0is actually a rewriting of Jesus\u2019 instructions to His followers. Christ called us to make disciples of Him, not to join a religious group. His focus is always on redeeming sinners, not churching\u00a0unchurched.<\/p>\n

Not only is the whole intention of churching\u00a0people unbiblical, it actually works against obedience to Christ.<\/p>\n

Now we have multitudes of religious folks who think the main goal is to get people along to the meetings, rather than to present the beauty, majesty, and necessity of Jesus and His plan for salvation. Read more, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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