We find everywhere today a grass roots effort to restore the family and family values. It centers on the husband and father being the spiritual leader of the home. It often includes home schooling and home birthing. As a result, many families are leaving traditional churches that split up the family and choosing to focus more on a family worship experience. This is becoming ever so evident in the explosive popularity of house churches. But the traditional church is once again changing to address this new social treat. Should this change be attributed to God?
New churches are sprouting up claiming to support family integration and family focus. In some of the new permutations, families are encouraged to retain the husband/father as a sort of para-leader, and the family operates within the church as a microcosm of the church. Do not be deceived. This is the church once again responding to the social climate of the day. It is not God. Why do I say this? Because underneath is still the same old structure that has existed for over a thousand years. It is a structure that permits and encourages men to operate as an elite class of priest. It promotes men and their agendas. And it is a structure that places men in control, having power over others in the same way that it has been through most of Christian history.
