A prominent
Spring Lake church removed its cross last Tuesday and has changed its name as part of a series of moves intended to make it more inclusive....The church was formerly known as Christ Community Church.... The Rev. Ian Lawton, the church’s pastor, said the name change and removing the cross were designed to reflect the church’s diverse members....The pastor claims
The cross has become a negative symbol for a lot of people.Our community has been a really open-minded community for some years now,” he said. “We’ve had a number of Muslim people, Jewish people, Buddhists, atheists. ...We’re catching up (to) ourselves.”
A Church is a body of Christian believers, who hold the same creed, observe the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority....Now I don't know about you but for me this does not qualify as a true church...
Jesus was the center of the cross that's why the cross has become the center of Christianity. “.
