The Worship Experience

If you have read this blog for any amount of time you know I have written on this issue multiple times here and here.  I want to continue attacking this idea because it is stifling growth in and among many churches of Christ and giving false ideas of how the church should function to a young generation.  Here is one major problem with marketing/telling your friends they should come because of a certain style of worship.  It always has to be topped/one-upped.  Sure you might get some people in the doors, but what happens when that style gets old?  Something new, better, and bigger has to be next or those people get bored and move on.  If young people continue to be attracted to this model, they will be plagued by perpetual jumping from one spiritual high to the next, missing out on one major aspect of the church-community.  So the next time you invite someone to church, whether they are disillusioned with the church or attending somewhere else, think about why you are bringing them.  Is it because Sunday morning is awesome, or you want them to experience something much deeper.