Number of  Out Of Church Christians  still growing  

Number of 'Out of Church Christians' still growing

And it is not just a trendy phenomena that will pass; Even though a coiner of this phrase has drawn back.

Rather it is biblically sound to "come out from among them".
And especially now: "in the third day he will raise us up".
There's no them in just us, or in victory-us, or in us-ward.
Of them/us, God gave "us" the victory through J-->C.
God hath not appointed "us" unto wrath: 1Thess 5:9.
It's "them" who cause their own demise: 1Thess 5:3;
Notably by what they say: Peace and safety in law.
There's no peace nor safety in law worketh wrath.
Law (Wrath) is a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
Bible defines law as the ministration of death.
Grace and Truth is what ministrates life.
Grace & Truth are lacking in churches.
So people are leaving churches,
to go on unto perfection.

AD--> only goes one way, fwd unto the end (of law): us-ward.
The Love (God) of Christ constraineth us: to go that way only.

 

For those not yet familiar with the phrase Out of Church Christians, nor that more and more people are getting tired of being sheeple kept in the dark by churches is a growing phenomena, I'll use various articles already written by others to make a brief summary of such.

Many Christians are leaving their churches out of frustration over legalism. Law frustrates (vexes) the grace of God; Since Law vs Grace are contrary things, and contrary things cannot co-exist in peace. Congregations aren't just losing rebellious Christians who disagree with core doctrines surrounding Christianity, nor a brother or sister that has fallen away. Rather churches are losing those most devout in the faith (grace and truth) of Jesus Christ. Such are frustrated with the apathy, hypocrisy, legalism, and lies that creep into so many churches it becomes a religion machine demanding endless warfare and sacrifice of sheeple; And such a machine must be dismantled lest it result in bloody Armageddon, or worse: non-existence. What warfare could these legalistic churches be fighting, if Christ is our peace (not war)? What sacrifice could they demand if the will of God is "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice"? As such, churches have become dangerous, not harmless. So the biblical calling out is: Come out from among them, and be ye separate: 2Corinthians 6:17.

According to Gallup Polls, over 40% of 'Christians' surveyed identified themselves as unchurched (either do not belong to an organized church or haven't attended their in six months). Christian researcher, George Barna, released findings that over 10 million 'Christians' in America do not attend an organized church. Recent surveys also reveal that 80% of those 'saved' by evangelastic evangelicals tend to leave such churches later on, which accusational evangelicals call backsliding. But perhaps such 80% simply see the true light instead of the darkness many evangelicals call light. For  Luke 11:35 warns: take heed therefore that the light that is in thee be not darkness. Amos 5:18 also warns the day of the LORD (LAW) is darkness, not light, and woe to them who desire such. Woe is used most often in Matthew 23; And it's notably unto them who sit in Moses's Seat: Law. Such are called hypocrites, fools, vipers, serpents, and blind guides. If the blind lead the blind? Well, Revelation 6 has four horses (allegorically four Daniel night mares) going forth (to conquer, to take peace from the earth to kill, and to weigh people with balances); But Revelation only has three woes (stop it x3), since the rider on the fourth horse is named: Death, and Hell follows with him. Reap what you sow? Perhaps churches should stop sowing law imputed sin for the hell of it. Selah.

New Zealander, Andrew Strom posted aritcles on the ‘Out-of-church’ phenomenon, and is thereby credited for coining the phrase 'Out of Church Christians'. It has now grown so large books are being written about it by others, some in disagreement. In fact, several years ago he estimated that there are TENS OF THOUSANDS of such Out of Church Christians just in the largest city. He believed it was the same across the Western nations. I have personally come into contact with hundreds myself, thousands by email. The surprising thing is such Out Of Church Christians are often the most committed kind of Christians - praying, insightful, deep-thinking. Yet they've grown tired of playing the blame game inside churchy systems and opted to get out. Often their involvement goes back many years. In fact, they've commonly been preacher's kids, church leaders and elders. Many such have said it was a "God out calling", perhaps in accordance with 2Corinthians 6:17:

2Corinthians 6:17 Come Out From Among Them:
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord,  and touch not the unclean [thing];  and I will receive you.

How do I begin to explain a verse like 2Corinthians 6:17 using both "ye" and "you", not to mention the three "and"s, also the two things compared therein as if law -vs- grace, except to say the Bible is allegoric. Paul often uses the comparative teaching method, as did Jesus Christ; so it is necessary to get the chapter theme and content in order to understand the moral context of any single verse, which may be sometimes also be a counter part in an overall view of both sides now, or a question instead of a statement. The chapter theme, stated in 2Corinthians 6:1 is: receive not the grace of God in vain. The allegoric theme is the before/after comparison of ye/you and them/us, noting come out from among "them" (of them/us) and then I will receive "you" of (ye/you). Bad things happen to them: "as in Adam(them: Genesis 5) all die"; And because of "ye do err", which speaks of having the spirit of error. Such is called anti-christ (anti-the end of the law) in 1John 4. Obviously the law would be antichrist if "Christ" is defined as "the end of the law".

So being separate from sinners, us: holy, harmless, undefiled, and higher than the heavens involves a coming out. The word "church" actually means a calling out, from among "them"; Which is allegory for repent: change, from "ye" to "you", from "them" to "us", from "created" to "made", even "from faith to faith", and "from glory to glory", which is a change from law to grace, from sacrifice to mercy, from division to peace. By all means take the grace walk from Sinai to Sion through the valley of the shadow of death; But know this also: the walk becomes a "run" in Hebrews 12 when seeing we also are compassed about. Not to mention Sion is not Zion and there is a stumblingstone laid in Sion to watch out for, lest you stumble over such and fall from grace to law. What then? Well Galatians 5:4 flat out tells us: then Christ is of no effect to you (of ye/you).  So, perhaps it is better to leave legalistic churches, if churches is plural and church is singular, and if staying could result in Christ becoming of no effect to you.

Looking into 2Corinthians 7:2 for more context on 2Corinthians 6: 17, Paul says: receive "us", for "we" don't wrong, corrupt, nor defraud... comparing law/grace as if them/us, and they/we.

In the Old Testament we find the people are separated onto two mtns, shouting blessing from one and cursing from another. And  the woman (allegorical for church) who is both blessed and cursed by her priest also says the first doubleminded "Amen, amen" to blessed + cursed = accursed. The moral of such things are an allegory is to learn in order to know which is witch of grace and law, and thereby learn to bless and curse not (allegoric for grace and law not), also be angry and sin not (law not). It's ok to be angry, but not to law, for law is the ministration of condemnation and death. God did not send his Son to condemn any, nor to bring death to any, but to grace and truth all.

We could also look at the Goliath vs David story, two opposing sides, each having a champion, all agreeing to convert to whomever is winner take all in a dual unto the death. But in this story, unity did not happen, for some promise makers fled, and other promise keepers killed them. And in the Old Testament vs New Testament, also a winner take all dual, it is to be expected those making the promise to be one with the winner take all are not promise keepers either. They want to rapture, flee, escape, instead of having unity of Spirit and endure unto the end (of law). But as it is written, when they say Peace and Safety in law, what follows is the not escape sort of sudden destruction.

The point is grace and law do not mix, so pick one only of such life and death. Hint: law is a dead end and both grace + law (life + death) is a dead end. Do consider, if grace is, and law added, then the only plausible mixture is grace + law, which is as blessed + cursed = accursed (Galatians 1:9), and as life + death = dead end (2Corinthians 11:15). It's dinosaurish to follow such pied pipers as groupies in churches. Yet we find literate and educated preachers saying: you too can have partiality with an impartial God. Nonsense. Funny thing is, many love such lying flattery witch wrongs, corrupts, and defrauds them; almost as if being loyal to ignorance, when it plainly says: I would not that you be ignorant. Divisional churches is such a childish blame game of fools, vipers, hypocrites, and blind guides, wherein those made proselyte become even "more the child of hell". They impute sin for the "hell" of it, saying God bless our flock and nobody else. It's no wonder people are leaving such churches in droves, for the internet has opened the eyes of their understanding, provided enough evidence to make it evident seeing faith is better than blind faith.

Survey says tithes were down 62% in 2003. Why? Awareness is replacing ignorance, thanks to the internet. Troll tolls fall as understanding rises. People are beginning to get it: understanding, and to understand it is best not to feed the trolls, for they'll use the money to build another troll bridge over troubled water they troubled in the first place. A stone thrown in a calm pond ripples to every shore. A law thrown into grace mercy and peace makes it no more grace, not merciful nor peaceful.

Global reconciliation "unto God" is not fulfilled by "churches" nor by "them". Rather churches only bring global sorrows which is the by product of the host of them prepared for war, not peace. Global reconciliation is unity of all as one: "us". For a serious Bible study will reveal "them" were mirrorly created, not made, and created imperfect as a comparison in a comparative teaching (shew) about what is grace, compared to what it's not: law. First Adam, male and female in which all die, is called "them" in Genesis 5. And in Genesis 2 the host of "them" and their plural "heavens" are finished: utterly dissolved without a trace. Raptured? No! An allegory, with a moral. A mystery to be solved in time, since there is neither mystery nor time for such in eternity. The host of them get finished first in Genesis 2, but it's notably after the 6th day and prior to the 7th day. Go figure where such "no place" is. As for the harvest, it notably begins with the tares. I hear F5 harvesters can cut a swath of law worketh wrath (destruction) a mile wide, and 20 miles long, in just seconds. Rumor has it the sound such F5 harvesters make sounds much like a freight train.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

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