“People just aren’t committed like they used to be” This week, I came across this satirical article from the site BabylonBee “After 12 Years Of Quarterly Church Attendance, Parents Shocked By Daugh…
Source: Why nothing seems to get people back to church – The issue at the core of decline
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Hi. I just read this, as well as your piece on not being a welcoming church. Actively inviting instead of making sure everyone is welcome is a tiny, nearly imperceptible difference. You’re still doing the same thing: trying to people to come into your building and do what you do.
Why not be like Jesus, and go out to where the people are, and get involved in what they’re doing? You know what Jesus is never recorded as doing? Asking people to come worship with him. Instead, he spent his time loving God and loving others, and people followed him around like crazy.
Quit trying to make people be like you, and worship in your building, and you’ll have a lot more success at “outreach.” Get out of the building — not just to work at the food pantry or wherever, but for real.
Thanks for the feedback, @susanpresley, but I think you missed the point of the blog. Kinda need to move beyond the title. But thank you for your thoughts, which, in my opinion, are precisely our call as church.