Church has changed, many churches do not use hymn books,many churches have song leaders, dress is more informal in many churches, that applies to the minister and the congregation. Of course they have had to adopt to the new technology, as we all have to, to some extent.Ministers may need to take a course on the new technology, I suppose many need to depend on those within the local church who are gifted in technology to help them. Another aspect of the church set ups, is leadership,in many churches they have leadership teams, usually with one main leader,and the rest of the team made up of men and women. What I would say about all this,we must never forget that church is family, we should be seen as brothers and sisters in Christ. There are many small churches, and there are also very large churches, they must keep this in mind that they are a family. Now churches must be run in a professional manner,we have what we may call business meetings, and yet the church is not a business.One church I know of, whose leadership is made up very rich business people , and there came a time when they brought in a new pay structure, the workers would be payed on results. A young girl who had a very meaningful ministry in a run down housing estate ,was to have her support cut.My son said this to me,''Abraham run a business,he went to war,but he was head of a family'.The church is not a business, it is a family, may we never loose sight of that.
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