From Consumerism to Participation

Images Got an email newsletter from Pastor Ed Young, Jr. He talks about the series he's in preaching now that talks about the privilege and responsibility of membership in the local church. Here's an excerpt.

In today's commitment-phobic, entertainment-driven culture, church attendance can be treated as just one more stop in the weekend tour of duty: get the house clean, race to the soccer game, stop at the superstore, and then go to church — if there's time. But our job as church leaders is to shift this perspective from consumerism to participation, from watching a performance to worshipping a living God. ...to join a church; that it's not a legalistic requirement, but a heart commitment. It's about turning God's house into our spiritual home.