Perhaps the clergy should be in the bad establishments. The worst establishments. Just maybe, the clergy should go to where the sinners are and reach out to them. The clergy should be in the bars, whore houses and places of ill repute. Go to where the sin is and you will find the future of the church. Let them repent and come back to grace.
Agreed, unless the clergy is partaking in the SIN too..
and with what is happening with some of the clergy lately, they just might be worse than the sinner there attempting to save....
That is fine - but what are they offering? Are they offering to change God's teachings to their liking or to have these people change to what God likes?
Just what was proven by the minister greeting them with a beer in his hand? Did it prove that God is a good ole drinker too? Did it say, "See, I believe and I can still hold a beer"?
I worry about the quick rush to change to make faith more "inviting" to those that don't bother to seek it in the first place. It starts a trend saying that we can't get them, so we must change to be what they will accept.
Where does that end?