KISS makeup is being offered as an incentive to attend baby dedication day, an idea which fermented after way too many Andy Stanley conferences. A professional photographer will be on hand so the nostalgic KISS Army parents will have a memento of their child's special day.
So, Who Are These People Who Go to Megachurches?
DateTuesday, June 16, 2009 at 03:37PM
"No surprise here. Those who attend megachurches are much "more likely to be young, single, more educated and wealthier," says a major new study. The evidence also shows a lot of lookey-loos, and very high turnover. Click here: Survey Examines America's Megachurchgoers | Christianpost.com"
Although megachurches have nearly twice as many new attendees, most of the new people are already Christians and came from another church. Seventy-seven percent said they have been long-time committed Christ followers for seven or more years and only 2 percent said they are not a follower. Also, 18 percent had not attended church for a while before coming to the megachurch and just 6 percent said they never went to church previously.
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GJ - Community of Joy (ELCA) in Glendale has been known for the same thing. They attract vast crowds who join and fall away on a monthly basis. For decades it has been known that the Church Growth congregations simply gather members from other nearby churches. C. Peter Wagner (Larry Olson Professor of Church Growth, Fuller Seminary) admitted that "church growth principles do not work."
Olson's former church is selling bonds (legally?) to move to a better location, away from the WELS CG congregation which has grown from taking members away from its neighboring WELS churches.
Church and Chicanery in WELS/ELS promotes itself as a great instrument of outreach, but it is best at turning nominal Lutherans into Babtists. C and C works so well that they turned John Parlow and Paul Kelm into Willow Creek ministers.
Would Church and Chicaneries be able to brag if they did not have their foundation grants, Thrivent money, and synod subsidies?
