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RE: [Blog] Thoughts from the Front Lines: The Business of Being Churched
That magazine is one example why I am unchurched! Churches have become a very large business, bring in billions of dollars worldwide every year. It makes me physically to see what they are doing in this third-world country. I will continue to honour and pray to my Creator but I do not need an organized church telling me how, when, where and why I must do it, to conform to the ideals of big business.
It made me feel a little ill too. Because I really haven't been in the mainstream church environment since I was a kid, it was pretty shocking to read the articles and see how absolutely consumer-based the whole thing was. I absolutely understand needing to keep a church organized and pastors advising each other on how to maintain order and so on...but the whole marketing focus was just mind-boggling.