Article August 28, 1971 Issue

Signs of the Times

John C. Bennett

The Christian Century

Dr. John C. Bennett
From a sermon on the churches as
agents of fundamental changes in
society.

[© 1970 Christian Century
Foundation. Reprinted by permission
from the May 27, 1970, issue of
The Christian Century, Chicago.]

We should not seek an exclusive church made up of people who agree with the deacons or the majority or the ministers about the particular public issues of the decade. Issues will change from decade to decade, or even more often. What is needed is a deeper commitment to Christ and the gospel, which, we may hope, will have meaning for the decisive public issues of later decades. Differences of opinion on political issues are no reason for the churches to encourage members to withdraw.

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