Is time running out for the Church? The brave plea of a TV priest
“They were huge, strong and powerful. And they are now extinct: the dinosaurs. But I sometimes think that there are still “dinos” today. The Church is one of them. And I work for it. Is its time coming to an end too?
When the Church was established 2000 years ago, it was anything but a ponderous dinosaur. It was a ray of hope, a lifeboat. Christianity was unbelievably agile and could react flexibly to the “Zeitgeist”. But somehow, we have lost this creativity. The fresh wind has become a dusty library full of rulebooks.
Will the Church ultimately be one of the dinosaurs of world history, whose time is over? To what and how must the Church adapt, so that it not only survives but blossoms too? I do not have ready answers, but I have a few thoughts and ideas, which I share with my readers. In the hope that out there, there are a lot of brave Christians who want to help ensure that we do not follow in the footsteps of the dinosaurs.” - Carsten Leinhäuser
