Worship Has a Societal Purpose

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Ray Waddle understands…

Churchgoers don’t get much credit and don’t ask for it. Worship isn’t glamorous. But it has long been a plank in the search for an ethical life — a way to be accountable to God and to earth-bound neighbor. It encouraged modest living and friendships across ideological divides. It inoculated against paranoia, extremist individualism and dispirited daily headlines.

via Ray Waddle: Worship attendance decline illuminating | tennessean.com | The Tennessean.

Published by Jay Voorhees

Jay Voorhees is a pastor, writer, and community activist located in Nashville, TN. Jay currently is the pastor of the City Road Chapel United Methodist Church in Madison, TN, and is engaged in helping to connect others to the example and teaching of Jesus Christ and to take seriously Christ’s call to love our neighbors in radical ways. Jay is the co-founder of The MethoBlog, a site that aggregates the writings of Methodist-related bloggers throughout the world, and is the former managing editor of The United Methodist Reporter. Jay has been involved in the United Methodist Church at both the local and national level since 1988. Jay is also the owner of Only Wonder Media, a boutique book and media publisher.

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