Recently we've been getting a few people from other churches visit our church. A lot of them are my friends, so it's nice to see them. It does pose a problem though. It's easy to welcome people you know and to forget that there are other people. Scary people that you don't know. People for whom the act of welcoming is a sacrifice because they might think you're crazy, or that you will invest love into and they won't come back again.
Is welcoming a social problem? Or is it a spiritual problem? I'm inclined to think it's the latter (though the former can't be ignored!). Some people, often people who need most to feel the warmth of Christ's love through Christians, sit invisible at churches.
Would we only welcome some people if we were praying for all people?
http://matthiasmedia.com.au/briefing/library/1645/
I'd be interested to know how the church in the above post has gone after almost 20 years.
"This is the way, walk in it."
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