The late Bishop Arthur J. Moore was greeting people after a preaching service when suddenly he was confronted by a man who said, "I’m not a church member, Bishop, and I’ll tell you why. I have never found a church that is perfect. If I could ever find a perfect church, I would join it!"

Bishop Moore looked the man straight in the eye and said, "My friend, the church is not perfect because I am a part of it. And if you ever become a part of it, it will be even more imperfect!"

The bishop’s summation of the state of the church certainly was accurate, but probably many of us can identify with the complainant’s dream of being part of a perfect church. Wouldn’t it be great to be a member of a congregation where there was never a difference of opinion among its members? Wouldn’t it be marvelou…