There's a TV commercial out there which starts with two girls, drinking and extremely drunk. One is so drunk she tries to take another drink from a beer bottle and smashes out her two front teeth. She finds this extremely funny.
Pan over to man a woman, sitting and the base of the stairs talking. Each is also drinking but both seem to be under control and just enjoying each others company. One gets up to leave, car keys in hand, and stumbles a bit.
The tag line: "You know when you've had way too many to drive. But do you know when you've had one too many?"
Great thought.
Now picture a mega-church. There's thousands in stadium seating and a couple worshipping or sitting listening to the sermon. Then fade to a smaller church of about two hundred. Same scene, just much smaller.
The tag line: "You know when your church is too large for meaningful connections on Sunday morning. But do you know when it's just a little too big?"
Fact is, the kind of relationships we need to grow into mature followers of Jesus can't be met in most Sunday morning services. If the church is small enough, then it's possible. However once you've reached a certain size, it's too easy to go unnoticed.
We need the kind of purposeful, intimate relationships you just can't get in a large gathering.
Pan over to man a woman, sitting and the base of the stairs talking. Each is also drinking but both seem to be under control and just enjoying each others company. One gets up to leave, car keys in hand, and stumbles a bit.
The tag line: "You know when you've had way too many to drive. But do you know when you've had one too many?"
Great thought.
Now picture a mega-church. There's thousands in stadium seating and a couple worshipping or sitting listening to the sermon. Then fade to a smaller church of about two hundred. Same scene, just much smaller.
The tag line: "You know when your church is too large for meaningful connections on Sunday morning. But do you know when it's just a little too big?"
Fact is, the kind of relationships we need to grow into mature followers of Jesus can't be met in most Sunday morning services. If the church is small enough, then it's possible. However once you've reached a certain size, it's too easy to go unnoticed.
We need the kind of purposeful, intimate relationships you just can't get in a large gathering.
1 comments:
Cell groups are the key. Big churches are fine as long as the infrastructure is there. If you don't have a way to reach each and every person in a personal way before they leave then its not worth it.
I don't even have a problem with a true "mega church" such as Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church as long as the job is getting done. That's the real question.
The church is a organic body that exists outside of the building. Instruction comes from the pulpit, relationship comes from the church.
Playing a little catch-up here. Sorry it took so long to comment.
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