WHY ARE CHURCHES EMPTY?
Sir,-The letter from P. Rynd was a welcome comment on the panel discussion "Why Are the Churches Empty?" A discussion on such a subject should surely be conducted on a higher plane. We are still a Christian country; and as the first duty of a Christian (which is also his highest privilege and joy) is to worship God, the question of hard seats, cold buildings, dull preachers is beside the point. Man, being created a worshipping being, must worship some-thing-God or Mammon. There must lie the answer. Mammon is the common choice. As P. Rynd says, Christianity demands something from us which very few care to give-for relaxation the movies are more suitable than church But do at least allow us to keep our standards of what church attendance stands for-God’s creatures entering into communion with God.
A. J.
WILLIAMS
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 787, 20 August 1954, Page 5
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145WHY ARE CHURCHES EMPTY? New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 787, 20 August 1954, Page 5
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