It seems that there will be an ongoing battle between Christian conservatives and liberals until Christ comes. My church is not excempted from that. Sadly, I have met friends and members of the church who left the church as a result of the crossfire between hypocrisy and various cause to implement change for the sake of change.
And how you define these two groups will be relative on how you view yourself.
Here’s my personal definition of conservatives and liberals.
Conservatives: Christians whose mission is to keep the unity & purity of the church at the expense of the church mission of saving the lost.
Liberals: Christians whose mission is to save the lost at the expense of losing the church’s unity & purity.
I am for one a conservative in terms of upholding the Bible as the standard of faith and practice; a liberal when it comes to tolerance over those different from my beliefs and preferences in terms of ministry methodologies and strategies.
I am a conservative over doctrines taught by the Bible; a liberal in terms of acceptance of people who's still growing in their understanding of truth.
I am a conservative in upholding my church’s traditional values;a liberal and selective in terms of keeping tradition just for the sake of keeping them.
I am a conservative in terms of keeping the unity and purity of the church; a liberal and inclusive in fulfilling the mission of the church to reach all people not just my own.
I am a conservative in terms of radical discipleship; a liberal in terms of creative leadership.
I am a conservative in keeping and obeying my understanding of truth; a liberal in sharing them to others.
To end, how I wish the conservatives and liberals will first be more loving, more accommodating, more prayerful, and tolerant of each others view while not sacrificing the mission of the church to seek and to save the lost. Friends of mine have abandoned the church because both the conservatives and the liberals were more interested in being right than yielding their rights.
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