When missional really goes wrong

“Berlin – With churches expected to be packed this Christmas Eve, German officials are calling for pews to be reserved for church members to ensure they are not squeezed out by holiday-only parishioners.

Politicians from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) told Tuesday’s Bild newspaper it was unfair if regular attendants of church services couldn’t find a seat at Christmas.

“I support making services on December 24 open only to those who pay their church tax,” a member of the CDU board in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Thomas Volk, told the mass-market daily.”

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~ by John on December 23, 2008.