Christianity may become ‘irrelevant’

A FILIPINO Protestant bishop has warned that religion, particularly Christianity, may become irrelevant if Church people fail to live by its tenets.

“Religion will lose its relevance if we fail in our mission, which is to reconcile the world with the Lord,” said Bishop Marino Inong of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines.

“Let us become agents of healing and reconciliation in the world,” the bishop told a gathering of Christian leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches at the end of a global week of prayer for Christian unity in Baguio City.

Bishop Inong said the gathering was a “good initial step” toward reconciliation.

“As we fold our hands together in prayer, we are actually beginning an uprising against disorder in this world,” he said.

He warned however, that Christians should look beyond their own circles to outgrow biases, stereotypes and “holier-than-thou” attitudes and tendencies.

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