Comments on: Church Secret: Quickest Way To Grow A Church http://godvertiser.com/2009/11/21/church-secret-quickest-way-to-grow-a-church/ Church Marketing Ideas, Experiments, Lessons and Pitfalls For Right Now (yes, now!) and the Future. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Kenny http://godvertiser.com/2009/11/21/church-secret-quickest-way-to-grow-a-church/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Kenny Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:46:40 +0000 http://godvertiser.com/?p=793#comment-948 @Michael Homes - Yes, you bring up one of the great reasons that are never discussed publicly. Kind of like inviting friends to come and live with your disfunctional family over Thanksgiving weekend. Great in concept to open your home to those that are in need of fellowship, but at the risk of exposing the truth that it ain't the picture perfect Norman Rockewell setting. Perhaps that refusal to expose the fact that there's a bunch of things which have been swept under the rug or that effort to keep up the fake perfect smiles whenever we talk about our own church to others perpetuates the stereotypes that Christians are perfect. It is ironic that identifying yourself as Christian means truly the opposite: It's a public claim that we are broken -- definitionally opposite of perfect! -- and in need of something outside of us to make us whole. @Michael Homes - Yes, you bring up one of the great reasons that are never discussed publicly. Kind of like inviting friends to come and live with your disfunctional family over Thanksgiving weekend. Great in concept to open your home to those that are in need of fellowship, but at the risk of exposing the truth that it ain’t the picture perfect Norman Rockewell setting.

Perhaps that refusal to expose the fact that there’s a bunch of things which have been swept under the rug or that effort to keep up the fake perfect smiles whenever we talk about our own church to others perpetuates the stereotypes that Christians are perfect.

It is ironic that identifying yourself as Christian means truly the opposite: It’s a public claim that we are broken — definitionally opposite of perfect! — and in need of something outside of us to make us whole.

]]> By: Michael Holmes http://godvertiser.com/2009/11/21/church-secret-quickest-way-to-grow-a-church/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Michael Holmes Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:13:27 +0000 http://godvertiser.com/?p=793#comment-925 I think there's a lot of reasons for that...one that stands out to me: being ashamed. Maybe the quality or focus of the service is not conducive to visitors. I mean we all say, "Everyone's Welcome"...but...by the service and people you can tell that's only a slogan. I mean some churches are run like a spiritual social club--members only!!! There are probably a lot more...but that's the one I could think of. Great post! I think there’s a lot of reasons for that…one that stands out to me: being ashamed. Maybe the quality or focus of the service is not conducive to visitors. I mean we all say, “Everyone’s Welcome”…but…by the service and people you can tell that’s only a slogan.

I mean some churches are run like a spiritual social club–members only!!!

There are probably a lot more…but that’s the one I could think of.

Great post!

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