When the Contemporvant Church Leads to Growtivation.

"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

Here is a great video showing the extremes of when a church strives too hard to be and overshoots relevance...if this made you chuckle, leave a comment.

Comments from a fellow on vimeo.com, Craig Wilson, are insightful:

• I understand why some of you are upset...I get that what matters is not the medium in which the message is delivered, but the heart of the people and is the service spirit filled.

  
  What happens though is a bunch of church leaders go to a conference and are told "this what cool church looks like, so do this." It may not be who they are, who God has called them to be or even who their community is. We should not ignore culture and even popular culture, but there is no "Cookie Cutter" stamp for all churches. If this is who you are or if you truly believe God has called you to be about these things, then by all means do it.
  

  
  For all the "cool" stuff we can do in a church with lights and media it will never be as good as the "Cold Play" or "Muse" concert I go to...but you know what the world cannot compete with when it comes to the church? True Love, True Grace, and True Community. They will alway fall short in that arena. I feel like we will always fall short competing with the world's culture and sometime we may look silly trying.

Came across this through Nathan W. Bingham's blog.