[font="Arial][size="3"]Among the gospel churches Christ is now in fact little more than a beloved symbol. "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" is the church's national anthem and the cross is her official flag, but in the week-by-week services of the church and the day-by-day conduct of her members someone else, not Christ, makes the decisions. Under proper circumstances Christ is allowed to say "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy [/size][font="Arial][size="3"]laden" or "Let not your heart be troubled," but when the speech is finished someone else takes over. Those in actual authority decide the moral standards of the church, as well as all objectives and all methods employed to achieve them. Because of long and meticulous organization it is now possible for the youngest pastor just out of seminary to have more actual authority in a church than Jesus Christ has. [/size][/font][/font]
[font="Arial][size="3"] A.W. Tozer (an excerpt from Tozer's last writing titled "The Waning Authority Of Christ In The Churches" in the May 1963 issue of The Alliance Witness)[/size][font="Arial] [/font][/font]
