Is the modern-day church fulfilling purpose?
The Christian community remains the largest religious community across the world and regardless of status quo, most of us are either a part of, or associated with one religious body or another.
The 2010 statistics reveals that Christianity has been by far, the world's largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31%) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth.
This makes the “church” the most powerful group in the world.
With this in mind, it is absolutely appalling and perhaps even stupendous, how millions across the world continue to lament the dysfunctions of their resident communities regardless of race, whether the issues are political, economic or social.
We are all cognizant of the fact that almost all concerns relating to the wellbeing of the human race can be addressed in little or no time for all to have a better life, yet people continue to suffer mercilessly in the face of limitless wealth, and none seem to care, the church being chief of offenders.
Funneling Cash
This has become a very serious concern, as leaders or owners of temples (pastors) continue to suck hundreds of millions of dollars out of the pockets of the people (the church), funneling this cash into bottomless treasuries each year, while communities remain impoverished.
Many dogs today live a classy life compared to that of many across Christian communities worldwide.
Prophets and pastors continue to turn a blind eye to the pain and poverty of the very people who make themselves slaves to afford them the lavish lifestyle they brandish, which is often flaunted in the faces of the very people sustaining it.
Similar Trend
On the other hand, governments have also adopted a similar trend, and continue to make good the carelessness of the church community and their inherent lack of organization.
Exploitation can only happen where there are no guidelines in place to prevent it, and the longer we sit by, carelessly making ourselves fools to this fact, we will only become more victimized as a result, perhaps to the place where our rights may even be taken away.
The Virgin Islands (VI) is driven by a significantly large and very vibrant church community, and most all influential members of government attend church.
If the VI is approximately sixty-seven percent Christian, this automatically positions the Christian community, in a very powerful position of influence politically, socially and economically.
How then is the Christian community within the VI, so callously careless and perhaps blatantly ignorant of its influence?
How can the church community be simply sitting by, complaining like everyone else about the current state, when the church has potent authority by numbers to demand what is just and right for all across the VI?
History
Who are we fooling here? It is either the church is a part of the nonsense, or they are against it and prepared to fix it!
What is the truth of this matter at this point in our history?
King Leopold II, of Belgium, categorically stated in his letter to his missionaries sent to the Congo in 1883, and I quote, “You must singularly insist on their total submission and obedience, avoid developing the spirit in the schools, teach students to read and not to reason. There, dear patriots, are some of the principles that you must apply.”
Dear reader, are we victims of the ‘Leopoldian’ mandate as executed in 1883, which is currently a very integral part of our systems of governance across modern-day societies?
Are we ever learning, never learning, and worst, left in a position where we cannot reason?
Excuses
When will the people (church) stop making excuses? When will the people stop making pastors their gods, and demand that pastors rise up as leaders of the nations to which they are assigned, with one voice to fulfill their role as was intended, to bind up the brokenhearted, open the prisons to them that are bound, and seek to fulfill in total, the will of the almighty Jehovah God, to protect the best interest and the well-being of the human race?
Always remember: An army of sheep led by a lion is more powerful than an army of lions led by sheep. (Munroe)
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