Making Church Attractive

Here's a post from Wade Rogers' blog. His thoughts are spot on, so I thought that I would show them here. While they are not my thoughts, I whole-heartedly agree with them. You can find the link to his blog on the right.


Titus 2: 10 states, “…so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.”As a church we have to wrestle with the question, “Are we making Christ, and therefore the Church, attractive?” I think the first step is to list the things that make the Church unattractive. Here is my random personal list and I would love to hear from you.

Things that make the Church Unattractive…

• Funeral music at a Sunday morning WORSHIP service


• Disorganization


• Half-hearted effort


• Insider Christian jargon


• Frowns


• Gossip


• Apathy towards children and youth ministry


• Attending church when it’s convenient


• A “What’s in it for me?” attitude


• Pastor worship


• Shallow prayers and prayer requests


• Going through the motions


• An unwillingness to implement change


• When it is 2008 outside the church but 1958 inside the church (and sometimes 1858)
  
• Legalism (man-made rules that the Bible doesn’t require)


• Inward focus


• A Maintenance mindset
  
  If you think of any additions send them along and I will add them!