Had a chance to sit down with Pastor Ted tonight over coffee while shooting the breeze. Never really get to talk to him other than the 2 minutes of "hi" and "bye."
We talked about raising young teens.. we talked about 2nd languages... and we talked about church development. How the future generation is expecting something very different from us... different from the previous. He struggles with it... but at least he's opened to embracing it.
Then we talked about visiting churches. How the first thing we do is go online and look at their websites. Long gone are the "Doctrine of Faith" because all churches use the same set of bible verses. But in fact... we look to see if their worship is Traditional or Modern. We see if they have a guitar, drum and keyboard vs a pipe organ. Next thing... we check to see if their church has a children ministry program. If they don't fit our "wishes", we move onto the next church.
"It comes down to marketing." So true... so so true.
I can't wait till the day...when I hear someone say, "I went to their website and found they lack in XXXXXXX. So I decided to go to their church and help them build up their XXXXXXXX. "
Will that day ever come?? Or rather... will that be me?? Should that be me???
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