Welcome to the fellowship of community friendship Facebook page! We’re so excited to rethink church with you today to aim for something much more like your favorite jeans: comfortable and hip! Never mind original sin, reverence, and piety—outmoded concepts if we ever saw them—instead, set your sights on innovation, excitement, and realizing your true self.
Jesus was nothing like an icon. He was an iconoclast. He smashed tradition down like a dirty dog! Remember that scene in the temple? Today, we’re innovating like Jesus to meet sinners where they are. That’s right: we’re taking to Twitter.
Starting today, we’re organizing the fellowship more loosely and organically to fit our members’ busy lives. Service times are no longer static; instead, they will change time with the times and be announced a half hour before the service starts from our Twitter account, @mobchurch. Have you seen those YouTube videos of the Hallelujah Chorus arising spontaneously in a shopping mall? Yep, you’ve guessed it: we’ll be the first ever flash-mob church.
Goodbye planning! Goodbye, organization! Now our church can follow the Spirit wherever he blows. We’re sure the Holy Spirit will soon have his own Twitter account for even better real-time updates. Until then, join the mob! With this much enthusiasm, we can’t go wrong.
Stay tuned for future services incorporating local elements into worship. Ganache and wheat gluten in bakeries, paint and pottery in the artist’s workshop for even more authentic and personalized worship experiences.
Image by Angie Garrett.
Frustrated are we, Joy?
While I agree with you that we should not conform the church to the world or the whims and desires of man, there are problems with organized religion also. Jesus did come to challenge the establishment, but the way His example is being used as license for to do whatever we see fit profanes His Name. We need to get on His agenda and not our own. Thankfully, He rules in righteousness and justice along with lovingkindness and mercy. He will one day set all of us straight. (To be honest, the Hallelujah Chorus in the Food Court made me cry because one day every knee WILL bow and every tongue WILL confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!)
Oh, frustration didn’t really spark this post. I was actually in a silly mood with the idea of flash-mob church. I think the Hallelujah Chorus was beautiful, too—but that the idea of “church” similarly situated is silly. More I just meant to poke at all the absurd ways churches aspire to be “relevant” when that should hardly be the goal of the church.
Agreed!
Flash mob church? Do you mean that 50-100 people walking around in a public area will just all of a sudden begin a sermon? Maybe southern baptist style, with dancing, singing, and a waving of the arms à la Blues Brothers? Count me in, haha.
In Montana we loop the service. People come when they want and stay until things start to repeat.
Does this mean you oppose the new “drive up” church? Hey Arlo, if we don’t get it the first time, can we stay for the rerun? Any discounts for the second time? These are important religious questions you know!!
What is the church? A building? A group of believers? In Mathew 16 the word for church is Eclesia. In Roman times when they would conquer a territory the ruling officials would send out the Eclesia to install the new govenmental system, set up the educational system, determine modes of commerce, define the arts and music for the area. Set up a social culture for growth. Basically they would invade the culture to the new standards of the ruling authority. Are we not to invade our culture with the standards of our King. Love, Joy, Peace, Righteousness, Truth, Justice…. I really do not care what form it takes, but did it originate from the only Original. With His authority and established by Him. Unfortunately you are frustrated with the counterfeits trying to establish their kingdom and not His. You just keep on establishing His Kingdom and the rest will take care of itself.