{"id":12392,"date":"2026-05-27T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecmechurch.org\/?p=12392"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:31:52","slug":"the-wandering-church-a-message-from-general-secretary-rev-dr-leon-c-moore-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecmechurch.org\/the-wandering-church-a-message-from-general-secretary-rev-dr-leon-c-moore-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wandering Church: A Message from General Secretary Rev. Dr. Leon C. 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           <\/tbody>\n                                        <\/table>\n                                      <\/div>\n                                      <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                                        <tbody>\n                                          <tr>\n                                            <td style=\"border-width:0;border-style:none;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt\">\n                                              <div data-fusion-class=\"\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;border-style:none;background-color:transparent;display:block;color:#333;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:15px;text-align:left\">\n                                                <p style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center\">\n                                                  <span style=\"font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-size:14px\">Rev. Dr. Leon C. Moore, Jr.<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center\">\n                                                  <span style=\"font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-size:14px\">General Secretary of Evangelism and Missions<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                              <\/div>\n                                            <\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                        <\/tbody>\n                                      <\/table>\n                                      <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" data-fusion-class=\"\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                                        <tbody>\n                                          <tr>\n                                            <td style=\"border-width:0;border-style:none;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px\">\n                                              <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin:0px auto;width:100%\">\n                                                <tbody>\n                                                  <tr>\n                                                    <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule:exactly;border-width:0;border-style:none;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;font-size:0px;line-height:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #e9e9e9;\">\n                                                      &nbsp;\n                                                    <\/td>\n                                                  <\/tr>\n                                                <\/tbody>\n                                              <\/table>\n                                            <\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                        <\/tbody>\n                                      <\/table>\n                                      <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                                        <tbody>\n                                          <tr>\n                                            <td style=\"border-width:0;border-style:none;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt\">\n                                              <div data-fusion-class=\"\" style=\"margin:26px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;border-style:none;background-color:transparent;display:block;color:#333;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:15px;text-align:left\">\n                                                <p style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Throughout scripture, God reveals Godself as a God of purpose, direction, and divine intention. Nothing under heaven exists outside of God\u2019s sovereign awareness. Yet, humanity has often struggled with remaining aligned with the will and direction of God. From the Garden of Eden to the modern sanctuary, people have wrestled with the temptation to chart their own course through life. The tragedy of wandering is not simply movement without direction, but movement without God at the center.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">There are seasons in the life of every believer and every congregation when wandering becomes a spiritual reality. Wandering is more than physical movement; it is drifting slowly from conviction, calling, and kingdom assignment. It is possible for a Church to still gather weekly, maintain programs, and conduct services while slowly losing sight of its divine purpose. Churches can become busy yet spiritually misplaced. Activity does not always equal alignment.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">The danger of wandering is subtle because it often happens gradually. One generation loses passion for prayer. Another loses urgency for evangelism. Over time, the Church can drift from mission into maintenance, from outreach into routine, and from transformation into tradition. The wandering Church becomes comfortable with movement but unfamiliar with meaningful direction.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">The Old Testament provides a sobering picture of wandering through the experience of Israel in the wilderness. God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage with the intention of leading them into the Promised Land. Yet because of fear, unbelief, and disobedience, an eleven-day journey became forty years of wandering.<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Scripture declares:<\/strong>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <strong style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">\u201cAnd your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.\u201d \u2014 Numbers 14:33<\/strong>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <strong style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Israel wandered not because God lacked direction, but because the people resisted His leadership. Their wandering became a consequence of losing trust in God\u2019s promise. The same danger exists within the modern Church. Whenever the Church loses confidence in the power of God, the authority of scripture, or the urgency of the Gospel, it begins to wander spiritually.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Evangelism is often one of the first assignments abandoned by a wandering Church. A Church disconnected from evangelism eventually becomes disconnected from the heart of God. Jesus did not establish the Church merely to preserve tradition, but to seek and save the lost. The Church exists as a witness to the transforming power of Jesus Christ in the world.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">In the New Testament, the writer of James gives both warning and hope concerning those who wander:&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <strong style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Scripture declares:<\/strong>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <strong style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">\u201cBrethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.\u201d \u2014 James 5:19-20<\/strong>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">This passage reminds us that wandering is not always final. There is still hope for restoration. God\u2019s grace remains available to reclaim those who drift away. The mission of evangelism is not only reaching those outside the Church but also awakening those inside the Church who have wandered from truth, passion, and purpose.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">The wandering Church must experience awakening. Awakening begins when the people of God recognize they have drifted and once again seek the voice of the Shepherd.<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;Evangelism becomes the evidence of renewed spiritual life because awakened people naturally desire to see others experience salvation and reconciliation with God.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">The Church cannot afford to wander aimlessly, especially now in an age desperate for truth, hope, and healing. Communities are searching for answers, families are struggling for stability, and souls are longing for meaning. The Church must reclaim its assignment to proclaim the Gospel with clarity, compassion, and conviction.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">God\u2019s grace is what sustains us in wandering moments, but God\u2019s purpose calls us beyond wandering into witness. The answer for the wandering Church is not merely better programs or larger crowds, but renewed commitment to God\u2019s mission. When the Church returns to prayer, discipleship, and evangelism, it rediscovers both its direction and its destiny.&nbsp;<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">The hope of every wandering believer and every wandering Church is that God still calls, restores, and redirects God\u2019s people. The Good Shepherd continues to seek those who drift. Through repentance, revival, and evangelism, the wandering Church can once again become a witnessing Church.<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <br>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">We are the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church recognizing the importance of Christ in our daily lives.<\/span>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                              <\/div>\n                                            <\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                        <\/tbody>\n                                      <\/table>\n                                      <table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                                        <tbody>\n                                          <tr>\n                                            <td style=\"border-width:0;border-style:none;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt\">\n                                              <div data-fusion-class=\"\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 46px;padding:0px;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;border-style:none;background-color:transparent;display:block;color:#333;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:15px;text-align:left\">\n                                                <p style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\">\n                                                  <em>&nbsp;<\/em>\n                                                <\/p>\n                                                <p style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n                                                  <span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Rev. 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