Body of Christ 3

Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 

1 Corinthians 12:15-16

These verses illustrate what happens when a church lacks diversity. The present day church certainly knows what to do with some select skills and talents, but has little desire to do anything with what they have never used before. If someone lacked those select skills, yet possessed something else, they wouldn’t exactly feel welcome, or as if they belonged. Which just reenforces the inherent lack of diversity. When we exclude certain skills and talents, we are just amputating the body of Christ. That doesn’t bode well at all for outreach, and evangelism efforts at all. 

Unbalanced Body

Ex-Patriot