Comments on: Adventures in Grand Openings: Part One http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2010/06/adventures-in-grand-openings-part-one/ Frustrate. Educate. Motivate. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ryan guard http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2010/06/adventures-in-grand-openings-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10572 ryan guard Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:41:46 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=1746#comment-10572 Thanks for covering this story Joshua. I'm one of the pastors at Mission. el chupacabra, I totally understand your concern, and it's one that is shared by our staff at Mission. We work hard to focus on becoming more and more like Jesus. Swing by our website and you'll see a glimpse into what we prioritize on a daily basis. Brad Abare wrote an article right here on CMS that is related to this conversation: http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2009/02/dallas-willard-on-church-growth/ Thanks for covering this story Joshua. I’m one of the pastors at Mission.

el chupacabra, I totally understand your concern, and it’s one that is shared by our staff at Mission. We work hard to focus on becoming more and more like Jesus. Swing by our website and you’ll see a glimpse into what we prioritize on a daily basis. Brad Abare wrote an article right here on CMS that is related to this conversation: http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2009/02/dallas-willard-on-church-growth/

]]> By: el chupacabras http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2010/06/adventures-in-grand-openings-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10543 el chupacabras Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:14:30 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=1746#comment-10543 Its great that Mission is relevant in the community, but as I read this I am concerned. My question is this, although thousands are coming through the doors, are thousands actually being transformed? In our efforts to continually "sell" the church, have we sold out the revolutionary discipleship based ministry that Jesus started, modeled, and told us to continue.? When you study, really study, the life of Christ (which if you ask me is necessary if we want to be know as Christians, little Christs) he walked along side of a small group of men and invested everything in them. Maybe the pastoral staff at Mission are doing that and living out the calling. All I know is that its hard to do if we are always trying to market salvation. Again, turning to Jesus' teachings, its pretty hard to see how giving away toys and booking Christian stars jives with: If you follow me you will suffer, you will cry, you will have to choose this or your family, or your money, or your life. Its great that Mission is relevant in the community, but as I read this I am concerned. My question is this, although thousands are coming through the doors, are thousands actually being transformed?

In our efforts to continually “sell” the church, have we sold out the revolutionary discipleship based ministry that Jesus started, modeled, and told us to continue.?

When you study, really study, the life of Christ (which if you ask me is necessary if we want to be know as Christians, little Christs) he walked along side of a small group of men and invested everything in them. Maybe the pastoral staff at Mission are doing that and living out the calling. All I know is that its hard to do if we are always trying to market salvation.

Again, turning to Jesus’ teachings, its pretty hard to see how giving away toys and booking Christian stars jives with: If you follow me you will suffer, you will cry, you will have to choose this or your family, or your money, or your life.

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