Divide, Eh? How Aptly Named
The newly opened New Life Christian Church in Auburn, Calif., is attracting attention by buying gasoline discounts for church members so they can fuel up their cars at $1.99 per gallon. The idea, says Senior Pastor Bill Jenkins, is to show God is interested in everyday things that affect people’s lives. But members of the Church of the Divide in nearby Garden Valley object to the new church’s “cheap marketing trick.” A sign outside the older church proclaims, “Jesus cares more about your sin and burning in hell than gas prices.” A member of the Divide church dismissed the New Life’s church reaching out to the community. “They might hear an ear-tingling sermon of what they want to hear, get some coffee and leave.” A member of New Life responded, “There are many things to protest in the world, and this is not one of them. It’s confusing. Hopefully, we all worship the same God.” (Auburn Journal) ...Who needs Satan running around when the churches will simply battle each other?
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