The new Church had been growing like wildfire, and then a dispute arose: the Greek widows thought the Palestinian widows were getting more food aid than they were, and they demanded the apostles do something about it.
Clearly, the fair distribution of food to the needy was an important problem ... yet after much prayer ...
“The twelve apostles called the whole group of followers together and said, ‘We should not give up preaching God’s message in order to serve at tables’” (Acts 6:2, CEV).
It wasn’t reasonable to suspend the spiritual growth of the Church and sharing the gospel to oversee the feeding of the hungry ...
It wasn’t reasonable then, and it isn’t reasonable now.
Strong factions in the modern Church advocate the social dimension of the gospel — feeding the hungry and healing the sick (and of course, we believe in and do that personally). But too many people have begun to neglect the primary role of Christ-followers: the proclamation of the good news.
OneHope remains 100% committed to the mission to which God has called us — to affect destiny by providing God’s eternal Word to all the children and youth of the world — proclaiming the Good News of Christ.
Thanks for understanding what is really critical in this world — and for the world to come.
These decisions have come as the result of careful and continuous prayer that is the heartbeat of our ministry. We hope that you will join our prayer network and partner with us in this crucial way at Prayer.OneHope.net.
