Karl Vaters: Diversify or Die? The Future of the Church Is Stronger In Many Baskets

There is no one right way to do church.

Sure, there’s a foundation of correct theology and behavior that needs to exist for any group to legitimately call themselves a church. Among them are:

• The divinity of Jesus
• Salvation through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
• Practicing the Great Commandment and the Great Commission
• The primacy of scripture
• And just a few more

But, beyond the surprisingly few essentials, there is no right way to do church.

As soon as we pick any method as the right method, we take a great risk. First, because it causes us to look down on other ways of doing church and, by extension, the fellow believers who worship that way. Second, because as soon as that method becomes stale or irrelevant, the Gospel appears to be stale and irrelevant, too.

The Gospel is always bigger than my, your, or anyone else’s method.... Keep reading