Interesting read!  I tend to agree, but I guess I’m not completely sure how you are using the term “event church.” I do agree though that many of the emegent and even seeker sensitive churches, have left out the truth in order to have some undefined experience.

If this is what you are reacting against, I agree.  Our church’s main goal is the glorification of God through the proclamiation of His word, and liviing out those truths.

Our church is not large, and people do not come from far and wide to be there, but when they will not come to us we go into the highways and byways to reach them with the truths of Christianity.

When the Word of God is preached, people who sit back an do nothing in the church become uncomfortable.  The truth is spoken in love and not to make people uncomfortable but that is what the truth does to those who do not believe it.  This produces a couple results they either come to believe the truth, or they don’t and eventually leave.

There will always be a significant group of people in the congregation that is still trying to make that discision.  In the process they seem to sit by but the Church is doing it’s job by challenging them.

God Bless and keep up the good work,

Doug

But, I don’t understand how singing to the masses is any different than preaching to the masses. Can your concerts truly be about discipleship? Yes, you can talk about it and steer people in that direction, but churches do that as well. Your definition of discipleship involves one on one meetings. No matter how pure your motivation, you are still doing one-time events in your concerts. At least churches do it once a week. It would be unfair and humanly impossible for you to disciple every single person who attends your concerts, yet that’s what you’re expecting of churches. Of course this doesn’t absolve churches of any responsibility in discipling their attenders, but perhaps it explains why you see what you do in the churches across our country.

I think what you are trying to do is get people talking about how we can fix this problem. You are wanting positive feedback on how to grow believers. I’m all for that, but please don’t be so harsh on our churches who are in the trenches week after week.

JK