re: IF you are Southern Baptist, your TIME is NOW. A new election is about to happen... Fight

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I hate to break it to you, but the church is as corrupt as any organization can be. There is too much money at stake and there is too much power to be had. I come from a family of pretty strong believers who’ve probably not darkened the doorway of a church in over 20 years. I could give you countless examples of corruption and deceit going all the way back to the first church I attended, the same church my mom grew up in and where my mom and dad met. Every subsequent church we ever attended, had its own unique underbelly. I learned a long time ago that you do not need a physical church to believe in god up above. Even had this discussion with my parents last year and my mom finally understood why I was so against going to church even as a kid. I could also sense something was not right in these churches.

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If you are waiting to find a perfect church before going back to church, I hate to tell you that will never happen.

If a non-believer waits to see a perfect Christian before converting, that will also never happen.

It’s a little naive to think the church which is run by sinners will ever live up to God’s perfect standards. Are some churches beyond repair and need to be rooted out? Yes. But for every church like that there is another one full of honest people all helping one another live out their lives for Christ. It might take effort, but there is a reason Paul wrote all those letters to churches and not individuals.