The Megachurch Built a Generation That Couldn't Find God in It

Failed to add items

Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.

Add to basket failed.

Please try again later

Add to wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Remove from wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Adding to library failed

Please try again

Follow podcast failed

Unfollow podcast failed

The Megachurch Built a Generation That Couldn't Find God in It

Listen for free

View show details

For thirty years, the dominant American church-growth strategy assumed that the way to reach the next generation was to make Christianity feel less like Christianity. Lower the lights. Lose the hymnal. Trade the pulpit for a barstool. Replace the cross on the wall with a tasteful abstract panel. Preach in jeans. Quote movies more than Moses. Make Sunday morning feel like a TED talk, a concert, and a coffee shop fused into one experience the unchurched would not find threatening.

It worked, by the only metrics that strategy was designed to measure. The buildings got bigger. The parking lots got bigger. The brand got bigger. A generation of pastors became national figures. A generation of churchgoers became consumers of religious content.

Read More: https://discern.tv/the-megachurch-built-a-generation-that-couldnt-find-god-in-it/

No reviews yet