"Christianity isn't supposed to be about gathering up the good people...and excluding the bad people...for the very simple reason that [in Christians' theological understanding] there aren't any good people." - Francis Spufford, "Unapologetic"
Christianity offers a unique view of salvation. We are saved by sheer grace and Christ's work not ours. We cannot contribute to salvation with moral effort, religious observance, prayers, transformed consciousness, etc. A finished salvation is received, not achieved.
I wonder what would happen if we quit complaining about how the “church is shut down” and instead we just found ways to love and serve people and be the church regardless