“A Church is not a center for religious goods and services, where people pay a fee and recieve a product in return. A Church is not an organization that surveys its demographic to find out what the market is demanding at this particular movement adn adjusts its strategy to meet the consumer niche”
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But to a large extent this is what the church has become. I was reading an article today surveying the coming wreckage in the 2009 (9and beyond) economy. Here’s what the writer observed:
Now substitute “pundit” with “some preachers” and it also works.
Paul C,
Do you know who said the above quote?
No I don’t Joe – but even if it was the Devil himself, there’s truth to it. The problem is that the present-day church (and specifically “church growth”) might be more closely linked with business acumen than with the Spirit.
Ooh…ooh…I know! I know! But I’m not telling
Hey Paul,
Sorry for some reason I couldn’t get on .info this afternoon. That quote is from the last few pages of Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell and Don Golden.
That was not in the original manuscrips.