The market-driven church

This post is from the defunct blog "Dying Church"

DJ Chuang on the market-driven church:

For the pastors, they'll use the methods that grow the attendance at a church. If people respond to a carefully explained Bible teaching, that would be more common for more churches; people apparently respond the most to programming that's practical, production-level entertaining 'worship' music, and motivational sermons.

Comments

[rick]

Hmmm. How about, "You are invited to Die?" as a headline. I said that to a group the other day. We are invited to die to ourselves and everything that gets in the way of the reign of God. If I really want to live, I must first die. That sucks. I much like motivational sermons and life in the suburbs. Too bad that is not the message that Jesus proclaimed by his life. That is why I say, I don't have the guts to follow Jesus, so I settle for being a Christian. Peace. Great post! Rick