Held Together by Grace

Re Distracted, For the Journey, January

I continue to have the greatest respect for the work David Webber and his co-workers accomplish under the umbrella of the Cariboo House Church Ministries. However, to dismiss the whole denomination as a church with ADHD tendencies I find personally offensive and dismissive of the work being done by many congregations and their leaders across this country. To make this comment, I believe Rev. Webber sells short the reality that in the end the church is made up of a variety of people drawn and held together solely by the grace of God.

Also, may I remind those of the Cariboo House Church Ministries that it is those “costly decorated church buildings, priestly type ordination and elaborate administration and programs” that have and continue to help fund in large measure ministries in which works like the Cariboo House Church Ministries are able to be involved. It is never a wise move to be seen as publicly biting the church hand, which, by the grace of God continues to help feed you in ministry. And it is especially unwise at a time when all congregations are closely assessing how their free will offerings and gifts are dispersed outside their operating expenses and commitments.