Comments on: Marketing the church as relevant is stupid http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/ Life is a journey and I'm traveling out loud Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: stephanie http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5393 stephanie Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:31:32 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5393 Nice. Nice.

]]> By: Ray Calhoun http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5383 Ray Calhoun Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:16:41 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5383 Good Post, I know your talking about the church as an institution or building and I believe it's impossible to make it relevant to everyone. We are all unique and in turn our relationship to God is unique, so there's no way you can tap into everything that fuels each individuals spirituality. The challenge is to equip those who use the church (building) to go out and model God's way to those in their families and communities. I know you feel like you have to market God to appeal to everyone. He's already there embedded in everyone's DNA, it's up to the body of Christ to love others the way He loves us and allow God to draw His children to Him. Noone knows someone better than their parents (Father and Mother) Our commission is not to bring people to church but it's to help lead them to Christ. He will take care of the rest Good Post, I know your talking about the church as an institution or building and I believe it’s impossible to make it relevant to everyone. We are all unique and in turn our relationship to God is unique, so there’s no way you can tap into everything that fuels each individuals spirituality.
The challenge is to equip those who use the church (building) to go out and model God’s way to those in their families and communities. I know you feel like you have to market God to appeal to everyone. He’s already there embedded in everyone’s DNA, it’s up to the body of Christ to love others the way He loves us and allow God to draw His children to Him. Noone knows someone better than their parents (Father and Mother) Our commission is not to bring people to church but it’s to help lead them to Christ. He will take care of the rest

]]> By: Rhea http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5382 Rhea Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:52:02 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5382 Personally, I've never understood why we put this huge emphasis on bringing unbelievers to a Sunday morning service....Jesus said to "GO and preach the Gospel" not "Drag all the heathens to church on Sunday morning." If we did more "going and preaching" and more ppl came to faith OUTSIDE the four walls of a church building...then perhaps we'd have a more biblical model. Personally, I’ve never understood why we put this huge emphasis on bringing unbelievers to a Sunday morning service….Jesus said to “GO and preach the Gospel” not “Drag all the heathens to church on Sunday morning.” If we did more “going and preaching” and more ppl came to faith OUTSIDE the four walls of a church building…then perhaps we’d have a more biblical model.

]]> By: adam waters http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5380 adam waters Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:14:23 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5380 My church is way more relevant than yours will ever be...lol good post brother... miss service a few more times... get a secular job for a few months... then your world will really open up My church is way more relevant than yours will ever be…lol

good post brother… miss service a few more times… get a secular job for a few months… then your world will really open up

]]> By: Mike Paris http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5376 Mike Paris Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:55:08 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5376 Paul, I wonder if "making the church irrelevant" is just as stupid. [yes, I know, 'stupid' is a pretty harsh word] Allowing the church to be in its own little bubble and ineffective in 'bridging' to the world around it is an ignorant (not knowledgable of the truth) approach to living the relationship of Christianity. Paul, I wonder if “making the church irrelevant” is just as stupid. [yes, I know, 'stupid' is a pretty harsh word] Allowing the church to be in its own little bubble and ineffective in ‘bridging’ to the world around it is an ignorant (not knowledgable of the truth) approach to living the relationship of Christianity.

]]> By: Beth Beale http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5374 Beth Beale Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:32:30 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5374 I loved the post, I can never forget where I came from. In the days when I was searching and lost ; if I came to a church that had it all together I became intimidated and felt irrelevent. When I came into a church where there were others like me ( not perfect in .........whatever) is when I could sit and listen to the Word, and God did the rest. Something happened and I was excited for Sunday to come. Holy Spirit we ask that you do a mighty work in Walls Down Church. Amen God put this on my heart- Luke 19:1-10 I loved the post, I can never forget where I came from.

In the days when I was searching and lost ;
if I came to a church that had it all together I became intimidated and felt irrelevent. When I came into a church where there were others like me ( not perfect in ………whatever) is when I could sit and listen to the Word, and God did the rest. Something happened and I was excited for Sunday to come.

Holy Spirit we ask that you do a mighty work in Walls Down Church. Amen

God put this on my heart- Luke 19:1-10

]]> By: Crystal http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5373 Crystal Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:09:24 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5373 GREAT post Paul! It's like a teacher saying, "School is cool!" Seriously, if it ever was cool, it ain' t now! Church is relevant! Well....you get the idea. Great words! GREAT post Paul!

It’s like a teacher saying, “School is cool!”

Seriously, if it ever was cool, it ain’ t now!

Church is relevant!

Well….you get the idea.

Great words!

]]> By: jason http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5371 jason Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:00:14 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5371 Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Let's try to never forget this perspective as we lead our churches Paul. Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

Let’s try to never forget this perspective as we lead our churches Paul.

]]> By: Mike Paris http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5369 Mike Paris Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:37:59 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5369 "Ditto" on the Borden affirmations! Maybe we shouldn't use a worship service as our "entry point" for unbelievers. Maybe to "give up" a Sunday brunch and putter in the garage is too high a price for most. Maybe we should offer to host them for brunch and then begin to table talk them in a "non-cheesy" manner. If God is important to us, then the topic of our relationship with Him will come up naturally! This is a take-off on Hybels concept of barbequing first. Mike “Ditto” on the Borden affirmations!

Maybe we shouldn’t use a worship service as our “entry point” for unbelievers. Maybe to “give up” a Sunday brunch and putter in the garage is too high a price for most. Maybe we should offer to host them for brunch and then begin to table talk them in a “non-cheesy” manner. If God is important to us, then the topic of our relationship with Him will come up naturally! This is a take-off on Hybels concept of barbequing first.

Mike

]]> By: Alanna Smith http://paulpetersonlive.com/2008/08/19/marketing-the-church-as-relevant-is-stupid/#comment-5368 Alanna Smith Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:07:16 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/?p=1752#comment-5368 Great post! You've been doing some thinking! :) Great post! You’ve been doing some thinking! :)

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