What Do You Get from Church?
No, I don’t mean getting your money’s worth for what you put in the offering plate. I mean what changes for you because you attend church?
Church architecture has bothered me for years, because churches tend to look set apart from other structures and provide a division between the “church people” and the “non-church people.”
In my experience, I’ve found that many people attend church from habit, and don’t expect that much other than the solid, traditional feel of having been to church. I’ve also noted that many times people describe a sermon as “good” or “challenging” and yet if you ask what, precisely are you going to do about that, they really don’t know.
What is your experience? Comment about the value of church below, positively, or negatively, but please include suggestions for making things better than they are.
