Natural Church Development

First i worship at a New Age Envangelical Mission. Name withheld for now. I have gone through the site,and the content are quite interesting as they are controversial.

There are points i'd like to pick out. Surely this practice of (colorful)Mystical reverence or worship is something of this century? In other words it is new age?

My Church is one that prides itself in fresh and innovative manner of worship and reverence. But never has she made any allusions, whether slight, on mysticals. Bar the liberality the faith in Christ brings, mysticism is purely unacceptable in my religious circles. We must accept all faiths and people as Jesus did.

Taking after the Footsteps of Christ. Paul the Apostle, was equally examplary as our Lord, but not very many of us can wear his shoes lightly. His Apostleship was a special one, mingling and revising strange customs and religions, sometimes i reckon he was even accused of smearing the sanctity of the Gospel, as he made lines between other foreign and strange religions all in the name of Love.

I like to also ask where the practice first came from? Who were the first to consider it mergeable with christainity? And. How well has this been accepted?

Peace
Roxanne
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