I'm sad to see what's happening with this church. The people were so good to my family a couple of years ago when I gave birth. Though the loud music hurt my ears (despite my hearing loss), the people are the ones who kept my family there.
But as time went on, something didn't feel right.
A good friend of mine (agnostic) decided to visit a church for Mother's Day. So she picked In Focus, probably based on my opinion. Except it didn't go well. At all. She had to use the restroom during service, and wasn't allowed back in. An agnostic woman finally stepping into a church (again, on Mother's Day) was locked out while her husband sat inside.
And now it's their dedication to wokeness. When you see that the leadership blames what happened in DC on Jan 6 on "White Supremacy," (a sad moment--but not as scary as the riots all summer and fall!) without even a hint of proof that it was white supremacy.... and then add that this is just a "picture of how our nation has functioned since its founding," is flawed and intellectually dishonest. They paint America's history as a continuing story of oppression--rather than a march toward freedom and equal rights. Our founding fathers, you can research this, had a step-by-step plan to eradicate slavery. Though all societies had slavery, the United States was one of the first to make it illegal. America was founded on freedom--we were a young country but we were one of the first!
I don't know much about the few wackjobs who infiltrated the march (which was premeditated when you look at what was found)--but the point of the march was that people had had it. Their livelihoods have been stripped away. They're losing everything they spent their lives working for. All while rioters were allowed to gather, loot, burn, and murder. And people (rightfully so) were/are questioning the integrity of our elections. From all of that, zero representation in most (or all) social institutions, they were there for rightful reasons.
Political violence? Ask Maxine Waters what she meant when she told her supporters to harass Republicans when seen *in public*-- and to tell them that there was no place for them anymore. Ask Steve Scalise who it was that shot him. Ask Rand Paul who collapsed his kidney. Ask him what it was like to be consumed by a violent crowd demanding him to "Say Breonna's name!" despite him being the author of the Breonna Taylor Bill.
Conservatives (for whatever power-play reason) have been gaslighted. And to be grouped with "white supremacy" is.... abusive and 110% wrong. But where was In Focus during the riots and looting?? They have something to say about Jan 6. But nothing for those who lost everything in 2020?? No "bold" speeches for their social media pages for the lost jobs, businesses, and jobs?? Any bold speeches about the Biden order to help other countries fund abortions?? Any black squares for the 8-year-old girl killed in her car while driving past a riot? Or blue ribbons for the police murdered this year? Not as cool, I guess.
They follow the likes of AOC, Warnock, Ossoff, Stacy Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Biden, and Obama on their social media. It's not to be balanced, because you're not going to find any balance. These are politicians who don't care about Christian values. Politicians who are supporting the funding of abortions across the world--the murder of God's creation. These are babies He knows and created with a purpose. And that's who they're following?
This is just sad. Have they really drifted this far? It's becoming more about self-help, anti-America sentiments (ignoring all of her goodness and innovation), a rock concert, cool slogans, social justice created for politically driven agendas, and motivational speeches. This is a church. That's what scares me. They're supposed to be leading people to Christ--the one we're supposed to find our TRUE identity in. We don't find our identity in our aesthetics.
And I have a sneaking suspicion that they won't care about my words. They're in too deep.
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