Comments for Losing, and gaining, Sundays at http://www.pres-outlook.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.pres-outlook.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pres-outlook.com/reports-a-resources3/church-wellness-report3/9656-losing-and-gaining-sundays.html#comment-5192 What a tired and basically empty analysis of our spiritual state you've provided! Basically, you've just said our problem is we don't know how to market, package our product, or reel in today's worshipper as consumer. You've offered nothing in the way of understanding the profound transformations going on in how people are being shaped by new forms of spirituality or how mega-churches are quite often just recycling the saints. For that we have to turn to other voices like Diana Butler Bass or even to Harvey Cox in his new book "The Future of Faith", where Cox observes that "The pragmatic and experiential elements of faith as a way of life are displacing the previous emphasis on institutions and beliefs". Note and underline that phrase "faith as a way of life." In many respects that's the loss we experienced in the recent era of Christendom. Just convert people to the church was the mantra, and Jesus will take care of himself. - Hart Edmonds Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:56:45 +0100 http://www.pres-outlook.com/reports-a-resources3/church-wellness-report3/9656-losing-and-gaining-sundays.html#comment-5191 Christians have established hospitals for sick people to reach out to a need and share the gospel through compassion. Now it is time to set up the best sports leagues in the world to honor fellowship and Evangelism just run them outside Sunday mornings. If they are the best they will compete against other leagues by their excellence and love, our worship should not compete with children and families being together but bless them together in multiple settings including worship. - Jim Conner Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:33:19 +0100