It might be tempting, after reading these ecclesiocentricity posts, to feel the force of the truth of the biblical doctrine of "church-centeredness"--but, instead of acknowledging it, to wage war against it.
One of the common ways this is done, in general, is through "demonization." As applied to the doctrine of ecclesiocentricity--which is actually the position of the historic Reformed faith, and its Puritan (Westminster) confessional standards--one might accuse it of promoting a sort of "worship of the church," (viz., making the church the *object* of worship).
But nothing could be further from the truth. Ecclesiocentricity does not encourage people to worship the church. Instead, it promotes the God-ordained means by which the Lord desires to be adored--and this is *as* the church.
We do not deny that sinners--ever able to contrive any kinds of idolatries--are able to bend and twist the truth to the perversion of, in this case, the worship of the church. But that is not the goal of this blog site.
Rather, let God be praised, first and foremost: not in isolation from others, and not in family units--but as He Himself constituted it: as the church, the bride of Christ.
The Forum for Ecclesiocentricity is designed to educate Christians and non-Christians alike to understand the Biblical teaching concerning the Church (the "Puritan" church in particular), with regard to its principal role on the earth. When this is achieved, it is hoped that the Church would then be in a better position to convey Christ's redemptive virtues to the civil government (state), and the family. (You may email me at: markjhenninger@gmail.com)
