This is the fourth and final post in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. You can read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 to catch up.
Church as Soul Provider
If we are indeed living in an era where individual and collective identity is drawn from organizations, the church will continue to lose ground unless we get back on the soul train. If there is any organization that should be in the role of helping people find their soul, it’s the church.
We used to be a soul provider. Richard Halverson, former Chaplain of the United States Senate suggested that “In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. [...]