Who is welcomed by the Gospel? We see in Proverbs 9 that Wisdom is calling out to everyone, wise and foolish. How many times in the modern Church are we guilty of limiting the call of the Gospel to those who have adequate intelligence, a strong knowledge base, or a tendency toward or away from a certain type of cultural value? Current practice within church growth circles includes having churches with particular target audiences, generally with targets such as college age people, young adults, or people in their thirties with small children. Some churches have a particular desire to minister to homeless people. What will they do when a fifty-something CPA comes to Bible study? What would the hip young church a block from my house do if I walked in? Yes, sometimes I think of doing it just to see. The list goes on and on. Is it a white church? A black church? An Asian church? A church of intellectuals? Why don't we ever see ads for a church specially geared toward people with an IQ in the eighties? How about a church for bald people? A church for those with corrective eyewear? A church for people who wear hats backward?
Maybe we'd better get back to the call of the Gospel. Wisdom calls out. "You can come too."
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