Blueprint For Apostasy

Blueprint For Apostasy

The May/June 2001 issue of Rev. magazine gives a ten step plan for pastors, wishing to lead their churches into apostasy, to follow. For brevity, I will condense their attack on the cause of Christ. You will note that pastors are told to turn to young people to help steer the church into apostasy and to abandon older church members as irrelevant.

1.Have teenagers design an "exciting" worship service for your church.

2.Add gospel, hip-hop, R&B, praise and worship, Latino, salsa, jazz, and country to our music program.

3.Form a new, separate congregation if older members resist this approach.

4.Get ideas for changing your church from other churches.

5.Let young people lead the effort to instill "new styles of worship and relevant music."

6.Emphasize the youth of certain Bible characters to "connect with this group."

7."Find every resource and resource person you can on this topic."

8."Don't be hindered by what your current congregation thinks."

9.Be intentional about reaching youth and young adults."

10."Spend time praying about raising up a new generation of worshipers."

What This Blueprint Produces

The church used to be for God. That meant people came to church and changed themselves to fit the church so God would be pleased. Now the church is for the people, and the church has to change so they will be pleased.

The church used to preach against movies and theater. Now they can't "worship" without a movie screen and "Christian drama."

The coffee houses used to be full of greasy, unclean hippies moaning out folk songs. They still are, but now the coffee houses are in the church.

If your church has gone this route, it and your pastor are apostate. Get out! You're not going to change it. Think about it. If it got this bad with you there, how do you think your presence will reverse it?

- DR. SAMUEL GIPP, Th.D.