The doorbell rang this AM, and I was greeted by a friendly young girl with a a pamphlet inviting me to her church. Awesome. Love the grassroots approach! And I'm not offended by them stealing our "potential members". Miami-Dade county has 2.5 million people living in it. As successful as CF is, we're still only tapping .002 of those in the area. It's going to take a lot more than just CF to reach the entirety of Miami-Dade county.
What struck me was the bi-line of the pamphlet... "Church the Way it Used to Be!" I'm confused. My (limited) study of the early church had small groups of people huddled in homes, living in fear of being found out, socially ridiculed, tortured or killed for their beliefs. Yeah, that's called Persecution. Something I personally know very little about.
This church in the pamphlet isn't going quite THAT literal with the whole "Church the Way it Used to Be!" marketing. But they are definitely traditional. KJV Bibles and all. Personally, I'm glad there are churches out there that still operate with a traditional mindset. People in the traditional mindset need to find God, as do people in the modern mindset.
Just because they prefer something stylistically different from what I do doesn't mean that I should be critical of their choice. I just hope it goes both ways.
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