Church Segmentation - Part 7 "Let's...It will bring them in..."

I talk to many pastors, believer friends who talk about using emotional means to bring 'em in...

• "Let's have a hip hop night
• "Let's have some food"
• "Let's have a youth outing to Great America...",
• "Let's talk about relevant issues..."
• "Let's have a big name speaker or artist come in..."

These things will really, "bring 'em in..."

So how would you feel if at your birthday party or an event that was meant to celebrate you that, the organizer felt like they had to find a gimmick to attract people to come? I know if the party were for me, I would rather not have the event. If my friends didn't want to come, just for me, then I would rather not have the event at all.

Today, well meaning believers are using gimmicky approaches to attract the masses.

Christ never did this. He never used the old bait and switch to get people to follow Him. In fact, when Jesus sensed that people were coming due to the miracle rather than the miracle worker, he often refused to do a work. When the miracle over shadowed the messenger, Christ never did a miracle to satisfy the crowd's thirst for "wow factor". (John 6)

Let God arise and leave the gimmicks alone.