church shopping

Let's chat about church loyalty, shall we? Is it important? Is it expected? Is it an antiquated idea? Is there really any harm in "church shopping"? The CAF Crew attempts to tackle a few of these questions in this week's episode.
 
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It's 2023, time to achieve some new goals - like switching from Itunes to Amazon Music (small victories). But i'm also looking for a new church for my family, and the Apostle John made a list of church challenges in his Book of Revelation. So let's use it to see what I should look for while church shopping. Hint: Lukewarm churches are a bad idea.

This week on the show, Josh discusses seven ways to know whether or not your church website is just plain awful. And let's be honest: There are a lot of awful church websites out there these days. Here's his list of the seven basic criterion of an awful church website: 

1. It's unfriendly.
2. It's confusing. 
3. It doesn't have a Google Maps plug-in. 
4. It has obsolete and/or useless content.
5. It implements cheesy typography, fonts, and design templates.
6. There's no mobile version.
7. It has no clear objective. 

You can read Josh's entire original blog post here: You Might Have An Awful Church Website If...

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Stan & Josh sit down with several guests from mixed backgrounds for a conversation on what people look for in a local church. 

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Mike and Bob discuss the many issues surrounding the difficult decision to leave a church.

In this episode we discuss...

• consumerism and the rural church!
  • Often times people are shopping for something they will not find in many rural churches.
    • Kids ministry.
    • Coffee Shops.
    • Fancy Buildings.
    • Wonderful Greeters.
    • Comfy Charins.
    • Super Hip Worship Leaders.
    • A Preacher like John MacArthur.
    • On Campus Parking.
    • A Vision to Impact the World.
    • Updated Bathrooms.
    • Small Groups.
    • You get the point! If consumerism is driving people, they aren’t going to pick the struggling rural church. Tragic.    
  • Pastors can have the same disease and may be getting discouraged because they think their church is dying and they don’t have the resources to provide what people want.
  • How can we fight consumerism? - Meaningful Membership!
    • How and Why does meaningful membership do this?
    • Ephesians 2-3
    • It clarifies the gospel for us and others.
      • 1 Corinthians 5
    • It encourages participation instead of consumption.
      • We are a body (Rom. 12:4-5), a building (1 Cor. 3:9), a flock (1 Peter 5:2), and family (Eph. 1:5).
    • It allows for the demonstration of sacrificial love.
      • John 13:34-35.
      • The love we have for one another is the greatest demonstration of the Gospel!
    • We identify with Christ’s people, allowing the church to fulfill responsibilities like allowing the elders to care for us, giving us a way to clearly pray for one another, etc.
    • Meaningful membership says: I recognize that no church is perfect but commit to living out their faith with a particular group of believers. “I will live for Christ with these people.”
  • So, rural pastors: realize you are in a consumeristic world. Care for the souls God entrusts to you. Share the Gospel and pray for increase, but don’t be discouraged when people choose comfort and cool over meaningful membership and faithfulness.  
    
    

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