3.08.2004

Who We Are
"1) Regular churches often have a pretty bad reputation in today's society. There are a number of reasons for this. If you ask the general public, they will often say churches are boring, pointless, full of hypocryts or really pieous people, and full of legalism. Whether or not these accusations are justified is not important. What is important is that most churches do not realize they have this image, therefore they do nothing to attempt to change it.
2) Do you like the same music your grandparents liked? The same TV shows? Probably not, or at least mostly not. You're a different generation with different tastes in clothes, music, television, etc. Church is no different. The types of music and preaching that really reach some people are unattractive to other people. Newer generations often feel out of place in the existing traditional churches.
3) Finally, many churches have an aversion to change. People in general just like to keep things the way they are. As a result, churches split or die before they change to accomodate the masses who fail to come each week."


This hits my churches right in the gut!

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