Dr. Couch, our church belongs to the Association Of Churches in our
town. They are holding a Day of Prayer, with all the churches, that
sounds very liberal. Do you know about this?
As a pastor I would never join the local Church Associations! They are
downright stupid, and at the most, only accomplish some limited
charitable fund raisers. While this may not be bad in itself, I would
rather our church do its own charity work and not associate with
churches that are liberal, self-serving, ecumenical, feministic,
shallow, etc.
To show how sick all of this can be, for the event you are talking
about, the churches are getting involved in A World Day Of Prayer. The
theme is “Uniting Under God’s Tent,” whatever that means! The purpose
this year is to call to action the churches to pray “for a fulfilled
life for all people” of the world! This is purely socio-economic and has
nothing to do with spiritual truth coming from the Word of God! From
the Scriptures, what in the world does this mean?
It is a bunch of swell. This year’s theme was proposed by the women
of Paraguay. The observance will feature a “rustic cross, a symbolic
tent, and a large nanduti, which is a handcraft and a woven floral
pattern with “single thread, as a symbol of unity within diversity.”
This is a false attempt to unit people, blur national and biblical
distinctions, and have unity just for the sake of unity! Christ and the
Bible have nothing to do with anything! This is pure warmed over
liberalism that has come back to life from the 1920s. Churches and
pastors who know better should avoid such ecumenical dribble!
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
