Mental Musings

  Would Jesus be welcomed at your church? I would hope that most churches would, at the very least, think that He would be welcomed into their church. Perhaps a better question would be: would a smelly, dirty, homeless person wearing torn-up rags of clothes be welcomed at your church? That is not really an easy question with a simple answer. Many families with small children would stop coming if their church had a large group of sex offenders attending. Most people would avoid sitting near someone who smells bad. A Muslim woman wearing a hijab would probably not feel very welcomed at most churches. Neither would a prostitute wearing revealing clothing. I guess to really answer these questions, your church would need to decide why your local church exists. Are you there as a meeting place for believers only? If so, then you would not have to figure out how to handle a Muslim attending your church because they would not be welcomed until they converted to Christianity. Does your c