Living and Worshipping in the Real World

I'm wondering if there are others on the list who go to "typical"
evangelical-type churches, and how you handle the dissonance between what
you see and hear at church concerning faith-science issues and what you
think about such issues. I noticed some brochures for an AIG seminar on my
church's bulletin board today and it made me feel ill. In the past, Ken
Hamm did a seminar at my church, and the Senior Pastor is a fan. I've
spoken with him about this and there's a big enough tent to allow me to be
involved in leadership and such despite my "old earth" views. Yet, most
of the leadership (at least those few who think about this stuff) accepts
YEC, and I'm sure the K-12 school we have at the church promotes YEC (I send
my kids to the public school). I love my church and have a long history of
many years of service there. I wouldn't say that the church as a whole is
militantly YEC or something like that; it's not something you would even
ordinarily hear about in the course of a typical Sunday, though occasionally
someone offers a Sunday School classes that eaches YEC. Yet, as is the case
in evangelical churches and in the evangelical subculture all around the U.S.,
YEC is always there beneath the surface. I just wonder if others have
stories of how they've navigated these waters.
Received on Sun Jan 22 20:28:51 2006