Category Archives: Market-Driven Churches

A painful and humbling truth

Posted on March 16, 2016 by

A painful and humbling truth we must hear… Continue reading →

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Two dimensions of Church

Posted on March 6, 2014 by

It is misguided to think that the full intention of common life in Christian community can be accomplished in formal gatherings of a local Church. Mutual caring and accountability must reach well beyond gatherings in a Church building. Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Church and State, Church building, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Communion, Community, Elders, elders in the Church, Life of a pastor, Local Church, Market-Driven Churches, Mega Church, Pastors | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

7 Links worth seeing

Posted on March 1, 2014 by

Check out these resources on a variety of subjects! Continue reading →

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Questions for every church leader

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

When ministries are not effective, leaders who care about the Church ask questions about how to “do” Church better. But are they looking in the right places for answers? Continue reading →

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Did you encounter God in Church?

Posted on July 14, 2013 by

When truth about God is declared it should jolt those who live outside of His truth. Do you want these people walking out of Church saying, “That was pretty cool.” “It didn’t even feel like Church”? Continue reading →

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When the Church markets the gospel

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

“Does the gospel of the market-driven church redeem the lost or reinforce trends, deliver from sin or affirm the self, reconcile people to God or appeal to religious consumers?” “Tailoring the gospel to fit the consumer distorts the gospel, discounts … Continue reading →

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Sovereign Ecclesiastical Consumers

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

Evangelicals need to affirm aggressively the necessary connection between faith in Christ and commitment to his church. Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Church building, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Elders, Gospel-centered, Life of a pastor, Local Church, Market-Driven Churches, Pastors, Seeker Services, Spiritual inventory, Worship, Worship conflicts | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Identity – the basis for Mission (pt. 2)

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

You are the salt of the earth In this first metaphor of Christian identity (Matthew 5:13), Jesus shifted from third person address in the beatitudes (“theirs is….” “those who…” see: 5:1-12), to second person plural “You are…” The specific people Jesus identified … Continue reading →

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I had it all wrong

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. “When television-saturated worshipers attend their local churches or wonder how to draw secular seekers there, it’s not the songs of Zion they want but the songs of Babylon and Hollywood– or something like them. People attend worship … Continue reading →

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Critical Question for Market-Driven Curches

Posted on June 21, 2008 by

“Does the gospel of the market-driven church redeem the lost or reinforce trends, deliver from sin or affirm the self, reconcile people to God or appeal to religious consumers? Tailoring the gospel to fit the consumer distorts the gospel, discounts … Continue reading →

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