Why we are shrinking

This is what is posted at the entryway of Trinity Reformed Cloister, Inc., of Sioux Falls, SD:

Now of course this little plateaued micro-denom of 3000 members is no different that the barely-more-than-micro-denom of which I’m part (which has plateaued at 30000 members for the last 10-15 years).

The mentality of the message in the photo is obvious: If you are not here as one of US, then you are not welcome. It was true of the leaders in the Orthodox Presbyterian Cloister of Janesburg from which I was delivered, and it’s true in my observations as I been out with members of both Cloisters in the world around us: no meaningful interaction with the field ripe unto harvest.

Well, it’s the Lord’s Day, and I’m going across the street to preach the Gospel now – and I know the souls I am ministering to are going to be doing the same with their co-workers, friends, and visitors alike come Monday.