“NOBODY complained about not hearing the Gospel.”
You mean that “putting butts in seats” in not in found in Scripture? 😁
It sounds like the board approved the message but didn’t like the results. I suspect “cash in the collection plate” was more important to them than “butts in the seats”.
I attended a protestant church where they began to emphasize reflecting the community, which was probably 33% white, 33% black, 33% yellow. The church was mostly white. The problem was most black people attended black churches and most yellow people attended Catholic churches. The believed they needed to adjust the worship service and activities to attract more black and yellow people. The sermons were mostly fine, and the members were not racists, but the drum beat of we need to attract other colors got tiresome. It was like being sinners because we were white. If a young black family visited, they were swarmed by people welcoming them. An older white couple, not near as much. Different colored skin was the current rich man. I helped them out of there perceived problem by changing churches.
Too many churches just mirror society, be it racism, feminism, environmentalism. birth control, etc.