According to the Hackney Citizen: Comedians Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones came up with this idea en route to a gig. “We wanted to start a sort of ‘atheist church,' a church of community and celebration without religion”.
With headquarters in London, they soon spread to other countries, even the U.S. It seems there is lots of laughter, games, a sermon, and later, tea and biscuits. The name of their church is Sunday Assembly ... a church without God.
Sanderson Jones is the leader.
Their motto is: "Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More"
Let's look at one in Los Angeles. Sunday Assembly Los Angeles is a god-free community that meets monthly to hear great talks, connect for service projects, sing songs and generally celebrate life. Assemblies are free to attend, and everyone is welcome. Of course, they are a chapter member of the American Humanist Association.
A few of their claims on their web site include:
Sunday Assembly LA
1. Is 100% celebration of life. We are born from nothing and go to nothing. Let's enjoy it together.
2. Has no doctrine. We have no set texts so we can make use of wisdom from all sources.
3. Has no deity. We don't do supernatural....
One certain man visited one of their churches of self-worship, and this is a paragraph from his article published in The Spectator:
The service starts with the Pointer Sisters’ ‘I’m So Excited’ projected on to the back wall. At the prompting of Sanderson Jones, the charismatic leader, everyone stands up and sings along to the small band on stage. Most clap their hands; many are swaying, holding their hands in the air — and, during the instrumental section, where the lyrics are replaced with the words ‘Jumping Break’, some do start jumping. After everyone has applauded themselves, we segue into the next song: Daft Punk’s ‘(I’m Up All Night To) Get Lucky’. On first hearing the lyrics of this song, you might assume that it was about someone searching for a missing dog — and who, amongst the dogless, doesn’t have a dog-shaped hole in their life? — but it’s actually about a man hanging around until a woman is drunk enough for, or otherwise disposed towards, sexual relations. The lyrics have been altered, though: the charismatic leader jumps up and points out that ‘If you change the “I” and “she” to “we”, the song is a lot less creepy.’
A church without God ends up being nothing more than a church of self-worship.
Sanderson says Sunday Assembly wants to use all the good things about religion, but leave out the 'god bit' ... Some say this is the latest flowering of what the tabloids have quickly labeled the "Atheist Church'. The focus is on celebrating life without any need for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - or an afterlife. The problem with this is that we are created by God with an innate need for Him in our life. If God is not allowed in our life, then we will create our own god.
Sunday Assembly is modeled after Christian churches ... they just don't want God in their service. I watched Sanderson on YouTube and I heard him use "God" in the phrase: My G-d. I'm thinking, Why are you saying this if you do not believe there is a God?
This type of church without God ... appeals to the younger folks. Let's admit it, we've all seen it appeal to many adults in our Christian churches! We are people in danger when we kick God Almighty out of our lives.
Not only are there churches without God in their midst....we now have a political party who is busy deleting God from our nation. It is FRIGHTENING when a Democrat leader intentionally DELETES God from Congressional proceedings. Watch the clip: Democrats Omit ‘So Help Me God’ From Swearing-In Oath at House Committee
Reo, Steve Cohen (D-Tenn) prepared to move on but Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) interjected, saying, “I think we left out ‘so help me God.'” “We did,” admitted Cohen. Johnson, 47, asked the witnesses to reaffirm the oath with the traditional phrase for the record, to which Cohen responded, “No.”
Whether you chose to believe it or not, THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN.
The Word of God describes Him as:
1. Eternal. Psalm 90:2; I Timothy1:17
2. All Powerful. Jeremiah 32:17; Colossians 1:17
3. Infinite in understanding. Psalm 147:5, Isaiah 40:28
4. Perfectly Holy like no other. Exodus 15:11; I Samuel 2:2
5. The Only God. Psalm 86:8-10
6. Incapable of lying. Titus 1:2
7. Creator of the universe. Genesis 1:1; John 1:3
8. And Savior. Titus 2:13
Through the truth of God's Word, only Jesus Christ can save the blinded and unrepentant skeptic who refuses to accept the Bible, which holds him accountable to God as a sinner in need of salvation. Praise be to God for His free gift of salvation through His Son, Jesus.
The title of this blog is Ever Wonder what church would be like without God.
I leave you with this question:
Ever Wonder What Church
Would Be Like WITH God?
