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Churchless Ross Hoagland
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What is the Bible? View of the Bible Churched Unchurched The actual Word of God; it should be taken literally, word for word 33% 12% The inspired Word of God; it has no errors, although some verses are meant to be symbolic rather than literal 39% 17% The Inspired Word of God; it has some factual or historical errors 14% 17% Not inspired by God, but tells how the writers of the Bible understood the ways and principles of God 5% 13% Just another book of teachings written by men that contains stories and advice 4% 32% Some other view of the Bible 1% 2% Not sure 3% 8%
To many unchurched people, attending a church looks like becoming an active participant in a club or organization whose central purpose is to celebrate and promote a leader who has never visited the group and is not alive; that is based on a life philosophy that was written thousands of years ago in a very different culture; and whose core values are often misunderstood or even ignored by other members. How difficult, with these assumptions, to see how belonging to a local church is desirable or even reasonable.
In the research…. . our team discovered that 84% of young non-Christians say they know a Christian personally, yet only 15% say the lifestyles of those believers are noticeably different in a good way.
• AND 7 in 10 believe that our faith is out of touch with reality
• Is there truth in these perceptions? • What, if anything, should we do about it?
Characteristics of people ages 18 -41 • They want a unique and personal journey in life • Relationships are their driving force • Are irreverent and blunt • Are skeptical of institutions, leaders and products • They reject what “doesn’t work for them” • Expect to participate in the process • Journey is more important than the destination
• Raised in a market drenched world they are quick to sniff out real motivations and superficialities • Are pragmatic • Tend to focus on current experiences
CLASS CHALLENGE • 1 Take an interest in someone you don’t know well or tend to avoid by asking them 5 questions about themselves • 2 Listen to someone’s opinion (that you disagree with) about some topic, affirm that you heard them, agree with what you can, but offer no contrary opinion until another conversation
• 3 As you casually interact with people, try to make eye contact, smile or greet them, note something you like about them, then say a quick silent prayer for them • 4 Admit a failing or weakness of yours to someone you don’t know very well
• 5 Stop and talk with and offer assistance to a homeless person (apart from giving them money) • 6 Greet and engage someone you only know casually • 7 Show a specific kindness to or greet someone you don’t like very much
• 8 Compliment someone at the moment that you feel competitive with them • 9 Thank God for 10 different things every day for a week • 10 Say a prayer out loud (not when you are with them) for someone who annoys you
• 11 Call an old friend for no reason other than to ask how they are • 12 Go through one day without complaining • 13 Go through one day without gossiping
• 14 Bless that moron child of God who cut you off in traffic • 15 Engage someone who is socially awkward or is difficult for you to be around • 16 Do a kindness for someone for no reason, offer no explanation, and accept nothing in return
• 17 Say please and thank you to the server at the restaurant and leave a bigger tip than you normally would • 18 Give a gift to someone who is not in your family for no holiday reason
• 19 Turn a lustfull thought towards someone into a prayer for them • 20 Give away something you own that is meaningful to you to someone you know that would also like to have it • 21 Talk to someone from a younger generation about their opinion about a subject and acknowledge their insight and wisdom as you honestly can
• For some time now, the hands and feet of the body of Christ have been amputated, and we’ve been pretty much reduced to a big mouth. We talk far more than we do. It’s time to reattach the limbs and let the church be the church in the 21 st century. -Rick Warren
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