If Smith is truly dedicated to the proposition that “black lives matter,” so much so that he’s instructing his flock not to pray for cops and business owners, where is the righteous indignation over the persistently high crime rates in black neighborhoods that prematurely end the lives of so many young black men and terrorize law-abiding black citizens in the process? If you thought that the phrase “All Lives Matter” was both innocuous and conveyed a fundamental axiom that, well, all lives do matter because we are all made in the image of God, and therefore we should condemn racism wherever and through whomever it surfaces, Judah Smith has a message for you: Stop It. The Woke Pastor convinces himself that he’s gaining influence with the cultural gatekeepers, while the opposite is taking place: the cultural gatekeepers are influencing him. (This incident helped catalyze the genesis of ChurchClarity.com). The typical high school Sunday School teacher will receive their materials a few weeks more or less before the Sunday School year begins and is expected to bring it to life Sabbath by Sabbath.

Home is not so much brick and mortar, an actual space or room. And ultimately, what we experience on earth will look a lot like heaven. Your Church may choose to get folks to begin practicing all five aspects of the practice at once.

The language in the policies is clear and contains all necessary information. “It is very normal for Caucasian Christians” in this country “to insist that All Lives Matter,” for Caucasian Christians “to insist” that we should “also pray for business owners and police officers.” But, implores Smith, “we don’t need to say that anymore” because “All Lives Do Not Matter until Black Lives Matter.” The circular reasoning here aside, why is a lead pastor, who has at least 10,000 people pack his pews each Sunday and who has even more devotees online, instructing his congregation not to pray for law enforcement and entrepreneurs in the midst of anarchy? What is the difference between Verified Clear and other scores? It believes that human beings were created in the image of God but, because of the Fall, are naturally depraved and sinful. Join us following our 6am, 9am, 11am, and 3pm (PT) services on Sunday and our 8pm (PT) service on Wednesday for a Digital [email protected] Meetup! Additionally, if it's hard to locate the leadership team on the website, then we will also score the church as Unclear. That said, Judah Smith and Chelsea Smith, who are married to one another, are listed as “Lead Pastors” on the About page. And we return to the question: “How are we to do this? If so, then the church will get a Clear: Egalitarian score. Our materials are often poor and our preparation of teachers is little better. Just a reminder: Michael Brown, after robbing a local store, punched Officer Darren Wilson in the face, attempted to wrestle away his firearm, and then violently charged at Officer Wilson prior to the fatal shot. Our goal is to motivate churches to become clear on their websites because that is presently the most visible advertisement to the public. People want to be engaged in life in a way that makes life matter. A home where they belong. If that was so, then we would certainly enable people to post “personal reviews” of their experiences in churches, much in the way that Yelp does. Churchome (formerly City Church), led by Pastor Judah Smith, is located in Seattle and Los Angeles, where Justin Bieber, Russell Wilson, Ciara Wilson, Abby Champion, and Maria Shriver reportedly attend. He’s swimming with, not against, the current. NO.

So is Church Clarity kinda like Yelp for Churches. Lentz defined said privilege as an “acknowledgment that our world is uneven,” most notably with the unequal starting points for white and black children. No sacraments. What does the practice of faith look like? Luke 15 has become a hallmark passage for our community. Churchome, previously called City Church, was founded by Judah's father in 1992, but today they're using technology to reach the world. Keep it as simple as you can. We always respond by saying, “That’s good to know; please update your website so that this information is publicly available and also consider becoming Verified Clear; we’d love to update your score.” Or, “Please provide us with online evidence of what you’re talking about on the church or denomination website, and we’d love to update the score.”. Why is Smith locking arms with the virulently anti-Christian “Black Lives Matter,” a radical group that seeks to, in their words, “disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure”? The problem is that sporting activities now replace the keeping of Sabbath – in terms of worship and study. This is the last blogpost in our four-part series covering the policies of Celebrity Churches; we’ve previously covered Hillsong NYC, Zoe Church in LA, and Vous Church in Miami.

1. Some faiths and sects within faiths have more dramatic exodus than others, but the fact is that by the time, at least in America, that young people have acquired a driver‘s license, the car is rarely parked at the church, synagogue, or mosque. Something went wrong while submitting the form. This will be dictated by the Spiritual maturity of the faith community. If a church has an egalitarian policy, we provide a Clear or Unclear score based on whether the leadership team consists of at least 50% women and/or non-binary people. It is not difficult to design worship that feeds young souls, but it does require some time, some commitment to listening about what feeds young souls and the commitment of resources – particularly the time of clerics. “There has to be a shift,” Lentz demanded, “where people start holding themselves accountable.” Lentz said his white church members need to be “free” from the spiritual “bondage” they find themselves in for refusing to admit their position of “privilege.” Anything short of fully embracing the Woke Great Awakening is dismissed as “racial modification behavior,” he added. The Church is the Lord‘s own institution He left behind on earth until He comes again, so that we might help people in this life prepare for the life to come.

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"(Religious Dispatches) Feb 2017, Judah Smith and Chelsea Smith, who are married to one another, are listed as “Lead Pastors” on the About page. A significant contributing factor is that when a young person does arrive at their respective house of worship for the Sabbath, the content and/or delivery of the program is poor. Oops! What is churcHome? They’re interested in playing it safe. What is churcHome?

Why is this church scored as "Unclear: Egalitarian"? That said, we do regularly link to the latter category of information (e.g. These conversations are “uncomfortable” and “hard to hear,” Lentz warned his church, but they’re necessary steps to take or else we will remain “complicit” in perpetuating racist behavior. Finally, the Sacred Narrative that, for a period of time governed the Sabbath has, in fact, been drowned out by the secular narrative; principally the sports narrative. Why does the Woke Pastor never discuss, during an uncomfortable conversation, the obvious reason why there is a higher police presence in black communities than in other neighborhoods: the significantly higher crime rates. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Across traditions, the degree to which this is done by word of mouth varies, but all Abramic faith traditions call for the faith to be shared by living or PRACTICING the faith in witness to one‘s faith. “It is very normal for Caucasian Christians” in this country “to insist that All Lives Matter,” for Caucasian Christians “to insist” that we should “also pray for business owners and police officers.” But, Judah Smith now has a dedicated page on Churchome’s website, If Smith is truly dedicated to the proposition that “black lives matter,” so much so that he’s instructing his flock, Sadly, it’s far easier to signal your virtue as a Woke Pastor than its to engage in candid dialogues about policing and race relations in America. These numbers don’t justify what happened to George Floyd, of course, but they do put the incident in perspective. We believe that Jesus perfectly reveals the true heart of God. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Woke Pastors aren’t interested in uncomfortable conversations. “You’re still a racist.”. churcHome is intended to guide people gently and over time into the full practice of the faith in their lives outside the church as well as when right here at Saint… Why does the Woke Pastor, during an uncomfortable conversation, overlook the fatherless black homes at the heart of so many socio-economic disparities? George Mekhail, a recent pastor of a nearby church and now co-founder of Church Clarity, wrote a letter that summarized all these developments and asked Smith to clarify if his statement on inclusion included “LGBTQ people” as well. He sheepishly responded through a publicist: “We have grown significantly in the past 15 years.

McPherson also authored a shorter, more concise creedal statement. Step 3 – To make known – to be prepared and willing to share one‘s faith.

Add the historic biblical languages of the Abramic tradition and we are totally dead in the holy water. People are hurting, and there are black congregants who view what happened to George Floyd as a representation of what it means to be black in America. Beyond that, some of the behaviors and practices of home and workplace are in stark and direct contrast to that which is professed by the faith. ©2020 Churchome9051 132nd Ave NEKirkland, WA 98033Privacy Policy. We factor representation into our scoring for Women in Leadership. It will simply be too much Church for them. Finally, we need to understand that this is NOT just one more Church program. We are willing, but we don’t know how.”. Now Woke Pastors are bragging that they take race into account, even in an industry where there’s no shortage of inspiring black actors to look up to. Because personnel is policy (H/T @BroderickGreer). Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

A CNN reporter recently asked Lentz if he could see himself ever having a “different view on abortion or a different view on same-sex marriage?” His answer: “Anything’s possible.” Two years earlier Lentz was asked by Joy Behar on The View if abortion was sinful. Yet the same Woke Pastor doing his best Al Sharpton impression on a bullhorn for George Floyd, will give Planned Parenthood a pass. Given that a woman holds the most senior pastor title at this church, and that women serve on the board and preach on Sunday services, we’ve scored this church’s website as Clear: Egalitarian.