Friday night was the mishawaka-penn football game. It was basically the biggest game of the year. Tons and tons of people were there, parking was a nightmare, people were walking for 15 minutes just to get to the stadium, then standing in line for another 20 just to get in. Someone told me that there were 10,000+ people there. WOW. It is crazy to me that that many people were willing to go through that much just for a football game. The 1st thought that came to my mind when I heard this statistic was this... What does this game have that so many people are drawn to it? The 2nd was... What could a church do that would make their service and encountering Jesus so electrifying that people would park 1/4 mile away, walk in the cold, and stand the whole service because they just want to be a part of it and see what God is up to??
I don't really know how a church could do this... but it's something that I am passionate about finding an answer to.
These are good questions. I don't think gimmicky things are the answer. I think that hitting issues that get past the surface (theoreo) are part of it. This should be a feature. I think that it is also a bigger question that maybe we should be GOING to them as well. I think you'll be excited about the vision of our church which we're rolling out early in 2011. Glad you are leading my girl! Praying for you all.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your insight, Dan!
ReplyDeleteExcited to have the opportunity to lead in gsm!
Anna is awesome!!