Comments on: What is my vision for the Church? http://www.livingroomtunes.com/reformingchurch/wordpress/2008/03/07/what-is-my-vision-for-the-church/ Random thoughts on being the Church Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brian Spahr http://www.livingroomtunes.com/reformingchurch/wordpress/2008/03/07/what-is-my-vision-for-the-church/#comment-214 Brian Spahr Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:49:56 +0000 http://www.livingroomtunes.com/reformingchurch/wordpress/2008/03/07/what-is-my-vision-for-the-church/#comment-214 Well said Jeremy. It really does become a challenging thing. The reality is that we live in a culture that is used to slick marketing and headline news. It's challenging to know how to best communicate who you are as the Church when sometimes those asking are initially more interested in what the package looks like. What have been some of the ways you have addressed this in your church planting experience?

Well said Jeremy. It really does become a challenging thing. The reality is that we live in a culture that is used to slick marketing and headline news. It’s challenging to know how to best communicate who you are as the Church when sometimes those asking are initially more interested in what the package looks like.

What have been some of the ways you have addressed this in your church planting experience?

]]> By: jeremy http://www.livingroomtunes.com/reformingchurch/wordpress/2008/03/07/what-is-my-vision-for-the-church/#comment-213 jeremy Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.livingroomtunes.com/reformingchurch/wordpress/2008/03/07/what-is-my-vision-for-the-church/#comment-213 What seems to bog people down, (and I've experienced this with my own church plant involvement) is that people want to define the church by what it does, what it looks like, sounds like, who it is for, etc. I think that comes from that consumerist mentality of "I want to know what the product is going to be before I buy it". Right or wrong, the reality is church of this culture is a product like anything else, with competitors and supply and demand and other economic principles. But while that is the reality, the TRUTH is exactly what you say, the church is Jesus. The church is fallen believers trying their best in community to live the life of Christ. It doesn't matter what skin you put on it, as long as the skin doesn't become what defines it.

What seems to bog people down, (and I’ve experienced this with my own church plant involvement) is that people want to define the church by what it does, what it looks like, sounds like, who it is for, etc. I think that comes from that consumerist mentality of “I want to know what the product is going to be before I buy it”.
Right or wrong, the reality is church of this culture is a product like anything else, with competitors and supply and demand and other economic principles.

But while that is the reality, the TRUTH is exactly what you say, the church is Jesus. The church is fallen believers trying their best in community to live the life of Christ. It doesn’t matter what skin you put on it, as long as the skin doesn’t become what defines it.

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