Torch, Fall 1989

111111111----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It Is Always Time to Forgive The greatest need in Christ's body today is not more and better facilities. Nor is it to have the money to construct the above. Our deepest need is learning to get along with one another. Four years ago we conducted a survey at Cedarville College of hundreds of Bible-believing churches and found that twenty-five percent had suffered major splits in their member- by Dr. Paul Dixon President, Cedarville College ''In the world it is dog eat dog. In the church it is sheep eat sheep!" ship during the previous five years. Another five percent said they antici– pated a significant division in the near future . This is serious! Perhaps you saw the cartoon in Leadership that made us smile. The grim-faced pastor was handed a note halfway through his sermon which read, "We interrupt this sermon to inform you that the fourth grade boys are now in Chuck Swindoll complete control of their Sunday School class and are holding Miss Mosely hostage!" We laugh but, seriously, relation– ships are what the church is all about. They should be a priority to the pastor and to the people. We are an "ecclesia"--a gathering of people. It is apparent that Christians are having a tough time getting along as brothers and