tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35889031.post116602941320873060..comments2023-11-05T00:58:55.352-07:00Comments on A Peculiar Prophet: Reaching People for Christ or for the Culture?William H. Willimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00002821401928222858noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35889031.post-1168623049454983632007-01-12T09:30:00.000-08:002007-01-12T09:30:00.000-08:00I've been doing a lot of high tech marketing in th...I've been doing a lot of high tech marketing in the last few years, and much of good marketing involves figuring out your core message and the best way to communicate that to your target market.<BR/><BR/>If the core message is community, the cross, and new creation in Christ, then the best marketing approach is to communicate these vividly, in a way that will appeal to those who are called. It may well turn off those who are not.<BR/><BR/>In some churches, I get the feeling that the core message is friendly, smiling people. "Our family can be your family," especially if we are all in the same demographic. If this is the mission of the church, the message fits, it is the mission of the church that is the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35889031.post-1166709425600697562006-12-21T05:57:00.000-08:002006-12-21T05:57:00.000-08:00Thank you for the reflection.Thank you for the reflection.lehallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722591451886871394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35889031.post-1166203116717172772006-12-15T09:18:00.000-08:002006-12-15T09:18:00.000-08:00Bishop Willimon:Thank you for this post. As a pas...Bishop Willimon:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this post. As a pastor I grow so weary of being told that I need to impress people for Jesus instead of just letting people be impressed by Jesus. For people to impressed by Jesus they are going to need to see lives transformed by Jesus and people with passions like his. <BR/><BR/>This is more challenging than building churches and programs that resemble resorts and cruise ships. Dying to self and living to Christ is far more difficult and time consuming. Serving the hurting, needy, and poor is not very glamorous. Offering the gospel to those in sin is not popular. But this is the only way that people will ever be impressed by Jesus.<BR/><BR/>May people be attracted to the church because they see Jesus in us and not Fifth Avenue and Disney World.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com