Why I Go to Church Very Often - A Response to Donald Miller
Avalon Alliance Church in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. The church I attended from 1976-1993. I like Donald Miller. I've read three of his books and they were very good. He seemed to have hit a nerve with dis-affected evangelical young adults. And he's done some good things with his influence. But, I disagree with him in his recent blog post. So, here is my point by point response as to why I disagree. It seems that for Miller if you do not connect with God through the medium of the local church, you should jettison it and discover the way you do connect with God. For him, this is teaching and building his company. I wonder why he has reduced the function of church to simply an individual's connecting with God. I believe the church consists of much more than that: worship, teaching, service, community, fellowship, evangelism. Is Miller finding all of these things as he teaches and builds his company? I hope so. Miller thinks its great people love their chur