I have thoroughly enjoyed the entrepreneurship and the church course at Grove City College. The entire course was so engaging because it explained and explored so many ideas similar to ones I am interested in. The class would outline some topics of concern in the church then the class would discuss what we have witnessed. That process was invaluable because of the validation I’d receive by hearing others experiences. I also became aware of new issues or other sides to issues I thought I had figured out.

A recurring theme throughout the entire course was: the way in which Christians communicated with the world. It is easy for churches to form a bubbled community where we all speak with our own Bible-lingo and act a certain way. Not that this is ultimately a bad thing in all cases but Christians need to know how to communicate with the community. If you cannot communicate, you cannot impact. There is just a lot of unimpactful Christian slogans that I think turn a lot of people out-side the church off to what one has to say. I was listening to a 10-minute conversation on YouTube, from three Christians about the significance of going regularly to one church. The message was valid and helpful but every sentence was filled with so much Christian jargon it was just off-putting and seemed inorganic. There just seems to be a lack of realness that I think people would resonate with if they saw it. That bleeds right into another issue I believe to exist within the church.

The eternal problem the church has been trying to solve has been the one of tradition and relativism. If a church becomes too structural it becomes detached from culture and cannot impact culture. On the other side If a church meshes too closely with culture, the church sacrifices its values. A church’s job and obligation is to find the correct balance between the two. I think churches have forgotten their place in society and have become too self-centered; for one thing, I just cannot find one justifiable reason a church has to spend money on fog for a worship service. Christians need to get back to shaping culture instead of letting it happen around them or blurring the lines between the church and culture and integrating into the church.

This year at the Pro-life march. There were three major types of groups at the march: Conservative organizations or non-profits, Catholic groups, and wacko fringe Christian groups. My question was where are all the mainstream Christian church groups?? I believe many join organizations like Live Action and there are many churches that attend individually but I believe the reason is that churches refuse to speak about controversial topics. The reason for this is a fear of divisiveness within the church. Churches are wrong to not be discussing abortion. Christians should be at the forefront of the pro-life movement.  Because if pro-lifers are correct we are ending hundreds of thousands of lives a year, that is not a divisive political issue it is a moral one. A lot more Christians have stepped up this year and it was by far the largest March for Life ever… which was not covered by the news.

Entrepreneurship and the Church helped me along this path of seeking understanding about what the churches’ role should be in society which will continue until the day I die. It gave me understanding and perspective on issues I was aware of and unearthed many more that I did not.