Open Gate Cowboy Church

In honor of Father’s Day, and in order to allow the dad’s in our church to spend maximum time with their families, we will not serve lunch this Sunday June 21.

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I made a post about the Church and foster care, and someone responded with:

“Why is this automatically the Church’s responsibility?”

And honestly?
That question alone is part of the problem.

Because somewhere along the way, the modern American Church became so focused on protecting comfort that we started treating sacrifice like an optional spiritual gift instead of the very foundation of the Gospel.

Nobody said every Christian has to foster.

But let’s stop pretending Jesus gave us the option to be indifferent.

Scripture does not say:
“Care for the vulnerable if it fits your schedule.”
“Defend children unless it becomes emotionally exhausting.”
“Love the broken unless they disrupt your peace.”

No.

It says:
“Defend the weak and the fatherless.”
“Carry one another’s burdens.”
“Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for Me.”

The problem is not that the Church cannot fix everything.

The problem is that many Christians have become experts at explaining why they should not have to carry anything uncomfortable at all.

We have churches spending millions on lights, buildings, smoke machines, conferences, coffee bars, and branding while children in our own communities sleep in DSS offices.

Children.

And the Church keeps asking,
“Why is this our responsibility?”

Are we serious?

The government was never meant to disciple the broken.
The government was never meant to reflect the heart of Christ.
The Church was.

The early Church took in abandoned babies left to die.
Believers walked into plagues while everyone else ran away.
Christians were known for moving toward suffering, not avoiding it.

Now?
Many churches can barely tolerate inconvenience.

We have built an American Christianity that worships comfort so deeply that the moment something costs us peace, time, money, energy, or emotional capacity, we call it “wisdom” to stay distant.

But Jesus did not say:
“Protect your comfort.”

He said:
“Take up your cross.”

And crosses are heavy.

I think that’s why this conversation makes people defensive.
Because deep down, many believers know we have turned the Gospel into something polished, safe, and self centered while vulnerable children sit right outside our doors begging to be seen.

You do not have to foster to care.

But if your Christianity never requires sacrifice…
if it never costs you comfort…
if it never moves you toward broken people…
if your faith only exists inside church walls and curated Sunday services…

Then what exactly are we following?

Because it does not look like Jesus.