Comments on: Pop Goes the Church http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/ Trying to be strategic. Wed, 23 May 2012 19:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: What Leadership Demands - My Favorites This Week http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5560 What Leadership Demands - My Favorites This Week Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:10:02 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5560 [...] I finished reading Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens this week. The book offers a solid challenge to churches that try to avoid culture as opposed to using our culture to reach those who don’t know Jesus. Tony has a good review of the book here. [...] [...] I finished reading Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens this week. The book offers a solid challenge to churches that try to avoid culture as opposed to using our culture to reach those who don’t know Jesus. Tony has a good review of the book here. [...]

]]> By: Michael http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5556 Michael Sat, 31 May 2008 03:05:48 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5556 Let me try again. In Tim's comment, which I should ask him about, is Tim simply saying we try to make people into who we already are in the church. We take the 'seeker' convert them, and want them to become like us, follow our traditions, etc. As a result we have molded them into 'church people' and the new Christian loses their individuality because we don't want them to have it, since we are uncomfortable with it. Does that make any more sense? I'm just looking to go beyond this quote and know how I can help the people of my church move beyond wanting to make everyone like them. Michael Let me try again. In Tim’s comment, which I should ask him about, is Tim simply saying we try to make people into who we already are in the church. We take the ‘seeker’ convert them, and want them to become like us, follow our traditions, etc. As a result we have molded them into ‘church people’ and the new Christian loses their individuality because we don’t want them to have it, since we are uncomfortable with it.

Does that make any more sense? I’m just looking to go beyond this quote and know how I can help the people of my church move beyond wanting to make everyone like them.

Michael

]]> By: tony http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5557 tony Fri, 30 May 2008 20:25:38 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5557 Michael, first of all, that's Tim's quote from the book, so he'd really be the one to respond. Secondly, I'm not even sure I understand your question. tony Michael, first of all, that’s Tim’s quote from the book, so he’d really be the one to respond. Secondly, I’m not even sure I understand your question.

tony

]]> By: Michael http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5558 Michael Fri, 30 May 2008 19:47:12 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5558 Tony - the your quote, “I want as big a crowd as possible. But our goal is to turn the crowd into a church. So we approach every service asking what we can do to help people take steps beyond the weekend experience.” Help me move beyond this thought. On the surface it seems okay, so where are we going wrong? Are you saying we want to assimilate the people (make everyone the same)? Hence, we lose our identity. Thanks for the blog. I look forward to it, a fellow pastor in Alexandria, IN. Michael Tony – the your quote, “I want as big a crowd as possible. But our goal is to turn the crowd into a church. So we approach every service asking what we can do to help people take steps beyond the weekend experience.”

Help me move beyond this thought. On the surface it seems okay, so where are we going wrong? Are you saying we want to assimilate the people (make everyone the same)? Hence, we lose our identity.

Thanks for the blog. I look forward to it, a fellow pastor in Alexandria, IN.

Michael

]]> By: Becky http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5559 Becky Fri, 30 May 2008 13:52:08 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5559 I read it, and I love it! I read it, and I love it!

]]> By: Kevin Connell http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5548 Kevin Connell Thu, 29 May 2008 18:25:58 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5548 I can't wait to start reading this book!! I can’t wait to start reading this book!!

]]> By: Dale Schaeffer http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5549 Dale Schaeffer Thu, 29 May 2008 15:29:32 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5549 Had the chance to preview this book and I really felt that it captured the Biblical mandate of Jesus to go into the world and to engage the world, rather than to run from it. Favorite chapter, "Mary, your church sucks!" (had me hooked after that one) Had the chance to preview this book and I really felt that it captured the Biblical mandate of Jesus to go into the world and to engage the world, rather than to run from it.

Favorite chapter, “Mary, your church sucks!” (had me hooked after that one)

]]> By: charles http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5555 charles Thu, 29 May 2008 14:00:11 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5555 Yes I read it a few weeks ago. I thought it was a great book and thought provoking. DJ is right in his comments about the church needing to position itself to reach the community at a level they relate to. Yes I read it a few weeks ago. I thought it was a great book and thought provoking. DJ is right in his comments about the church needing to position itself to reach the community at a level they relate to.

]]> By: Bill (cycleguy) http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5554 Bill (cycleguy) Thu, 29 May 2008 13:28:16 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5554 Just starting chapter 4. "Christianity has an image problem." (p.58) No question about that. Just starting chapter 4. “Christianity has an image problem.” (p.58) No question about that.

]]> By: Jason Gordon http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/28/pop-goes-the-church/#comment-5553 Jason Gordon Thu, 29 May 2008 10:46:22 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=1556#comment-5553 I am half way through now. Great book. Really has me thinking about all the implications of technology and what might happen if we wake up a few more years down the line and the Church continues to be a late adopter like it has with every other cultural shift in history. I am half way through now. Great book. Really has me thinking about all the implications of technology and what might happen if we wake up a few more years down the line and the Church continues to be a late adopter like it has with every other cultural shift in history.

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