If you are wondering how many of today’s “seeker friendly/seeker-sensitive” mega-growth churches came about, this article will help you see how one man was able to influence tens of thousands of churches to adopt a new paradigm shift. Perhaps you will recognize some of his methods in your own church.
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Is church for seekers or saints?
From church marketing, to “seeker-friendly” or “seeker-sensitive” strategies, the visible Church still seems to want to make church all about the “unchurched.” Why is that? Why do we think being part of a church is the end-all “whew!” goal of evangelism? What happens to the saints hoping to be sanctified when church is all about […]
The Rejection of Sola Scriptura: The Seeker-Driven Movement’s Core Error
“I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:1–2 And they devoted themselves […]
The Progressive Disease of Spiritual Deception in Our Time
Many who once stood firm on the solid foundation of biblical doctrine have gone soft. So soft, in fact, that one can hardly differentiate between the so-called born-again Christ followers and the carnal world. Jesus is not surprised at all, as He warned that this would happen. A a few years ago a writer named […]
8 WRONG reasons for staying in a church that teaches false doctrine
Should you stay or should you go now?When God removes the scales of deception from your eyes, you may very well find yourself in a dilemma. The church that you love, attend, and where you were possibly even saved, teaches false doctrine. False doctrines such as word of faith, NAR dominion theology and many others […]
Association of Related Churches: Time to get off the ARC
A few years ago I became aware of a network of churches called Association of Related Churches, or ARC. This church planting organization runs on the Seeker, Growth-By-Numbers model and started in 2000 with six founders: Greg Surratt, Billy Hornsby, Rick Bezet, Chris Hodges, Dino Rizzo and Scott Hornsby. The ARC website used to list […]
Videos and Podcasts
Here is a collection of some informational interviews in video and radio podcast format, covering various topics. Enjoy and share: Podcasts “A Word Fitly Spoken”Podcast series withAmy Spreeman and Michelle Lesley Listen/Subscribe The Messed Up Church: “Still Standing Up for the Truth” Steven Kozar Janet Mefferd Today: “Beth Moore and Gender Equity” with Amy Spreeman […]
Farewell, Willow Creek
Every once in a while progressive-leaning site Patheos has a story worth reading. Like this one titled, Farewell, Willow Creek: Where the “Regular” Churches Can Go From Here, by Jonathan Aigner. I share it here because it captures the frustration held by so many who came out of the seeker-friendly model Willow Creek’s Bill Hybels […]
Getting ‘Unhitched’ from the Old Testament? Andy Stanley Aims at Heresy
Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley describes the effort to retain much of the Old Testament as “intellectually ruinous and morally debilitating.” Albert Mohler, president of Southern Seminary & Boyce College, disagrees. He argues that because the Lord Jesus and the Apostles did not “unhitch the Christian faith from their Jewish Scriptures” as Stanley urges Christians to do, […]
Jordan Peterson, Jung, and Hope for the Faint-Hearted
Who is Jordan Peterson? If you don’t already know, you will, as he’s the West’s “hottest intellectual.” Dr. Peterson’s website informs us that he’s a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, a public speaker, and the and author of “12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.” He’s become a regular […]