Ways Churches Deal with Culture

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Ignore -- "Let us Pray" -- Haven

Separate -- "Come Ye Apart" -- Rule Generator

Condemn -- "Go Forth & Boycott" -- Political Force

Embrace -- Let's Party! -- No Difference

Leverage -- Jesus is Alive -- Effective

(from a talk by Tim Stevens, Executive Pastor at Granger, brought to my attention by John Jackson at Pastorpreneur.)

Comments

  1. Anonymous7:25 AM

    One corrective I'd add --

    Pray first and leverage later. If we "leverage" without seeking the face of God, we will end up deceiving ourselves and being consumed by worldliness.

    The Holy Spirit is our only true power source and we must never forget that!

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  2. Jim Martin11:32 AM

    Mark--Thanks for passing this on. This is a nice, clear way to express these differences.

    Thanks.

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  3. Jim Martin11:32 AM

    Mark--Thanks for passing this on. This is a nice, clear way to express these differences.

    Thanks.

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