Of late I have been visiting some church buildings to get a glimpse of their interior.
Among the traditional denominations, the orthodox and the catholic churches give considerable attention to the exterior an the interior of the church buildings where the faithful come to worship. Most of the interior portray a new testament theme or a Biblical event.
However all these interior and exterior creations incur heavy expenditure. One arch Bishop of the catholic church recently came out publicly to make all the decorations modest and worshipful and not for vain display of extravagance and status! His appeal was rather strong. He called the church to live socially conscious!
I was wondering whether there would be concerted and joint efforts by the church to respond to the drought conditions in several states in India! It is a natural disaster with millions in distress!
Is the church contemporary in its mission is a theme in many mission meetings! The Church is movement that prepares people to be drawn by God to be 'sent' out by God in a shepherding role seeking after those whose are 'heavy and burdened'!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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