NO PERFECT PEOPLE ALLOWED

I read a brief note from a pastor in South Carolina that I follow… It went something like this - ​

If the guy smoking at the front door of the church bothered you, I am so glad you didn’t come inside… because we have people addicted to pornography and prescription drugs in this building.  We have people who are having sex with people they’re not married to in this building.  We have people who have bitterness and anger and greed and resentment in this building.

We have all kinds of sinners and jacked up people in here.  If the smoker by the door bothered you, the people inside would bother you even more because we are NOT a museum for saints; we’re a hospital for sinners.  NO perfect people are allowed in.

For those reading this that may not go to CommUNITY Church, I want to let you know that if you’re searching for a church, this pretty much sums us up.  We have white collars and blue collars.  We have suit-jackets and t-shirts.  We have clear skin and tattoos.  We have dresses and shorts.  We have folks who enjoy a beer every now and then, and we have people who are recovering alcoholics.  We have people at CommUNITY who are addicted to food, sex, work, money, drugs, alcohol, their own success, their children’s success, or any other myriad of possibilities.  We have hard workers and lazy people.  We have married couples, single people, and people questioning their sexuality.  We have parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and lots of children.  We have two-parent homes, single-parent homes, and no-parent homes… We have marriages in trouble, and marriages being healed.  In fact, there’s not much we don’t have...

We’ve been judged before.  It hurts.  We don’t want that for others, so we do our best to try NOT to judge you because we’re all messed up and we all sin.

Here’s what we don’t have - we don’t have ANY perfect people.  But we follow the only Guy Who was perfect.  His name’s Jesus.  He’s cool.  We’d like to introduce you to Him.

Come on in.

For those who attend CommUNITY Church regularly, read this entire blog again.  Remember where you came from.  Remember what Jesus is saving you from, what He’s saving you to, and what He’s saving you for…

Our best is yet to come.