Mall Christianity
Gillis J. Harp on Seeker Sensitivity & Cultural Captivity
Recently, I came across a booklet produced by a nearby congregation popular with some of my students. Inside the back cover are printed its “Founding Principles”:
First, every person deserves the right to hear the true story about Jesus Christ.
It’s a sin to bore people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
You have to earn the right to be heard.
The logic behind the principles, and the “seeker sensitive” movement of which this church is a part, is persuasive on one level. If the unchurched are put off by the trappings of Christianity, dispense with the nonessentials: pews, hymns, even corporate prayer. If we live in an entertainment-focused culture, build sanctuaries to resemble the inside of t . . .
