I Believe in the Church

Many are saying today, ‘Jesus – YES!  Church – NO!’  But the great "de-churching" we see around us is hardly news:  An Anglican bishop wrote, “Nothing in the contemporary scene is more striking than the general regard which is felt for Jesus Christ and the general dislike of the organized church which bears his name.” So said N.C. Niles in 1955, but it could have just as well been written today.  In this series we will contrast the negative pictures that many have of the church, with the revolutionary movement Jesus started with a handful of followers of diverse backgrounds, unified by their love for Him and the kingdom He came to bring.  The key to the renewal of the church is not our belief in the church per se, but in the One who founded it and sustains it.