I am starting a new posting series that I am calling: Pardon My Rant!¨
What is Spiritual Slumming? It is when Christians engage in some sort of short-term missions trip, believing somehow that the churches they are visiting ´´need them´´ versus they are there to assist the churches in what they are already doing. One has an ego central superiority complex as versus a servanthood mentality.
Many Christians fail to realize that the small churches they think are in need of their help are actually far stronger than they realize. I honetly beleive that if most churches here in America were to fact the same conflicts that many other foreign churches have, they would have collapsed and closed a long time ago.
I have come to find out that when I serve on short-term missions trips, I am the one who is made stronger, even if by only being placed in their furnace for a brief moment.
Instead of seeing so many Christians try to feel better about themselves by going there as some sort of feel-good Christian vacation, I would love to be part of an effort to bring them here instead to make us stronger.
So for all you out there who falsely believe those ´´poor weak Christians´´ over there ´´need you,´´ please Pardon My Rant.
Unspoken Theology 