I don't think they are saying that at all. I think they are saying that Jesus will meet them where they are.
Too often we insist that the only way to worship is the way we worship. And too often we, the critics, are simply stifling the holy Spirit.
If these guys are called to worship in s gym, then who are we to say they are wrong? They are going out to where the lost are and compelling them to come in. Its a lot more than I can say about myself. I only wish I had their zeal for bringing Christ to a lost world. Would that I had the vision to turn a gym into a cathedral for the cause of Christ.
I don't think they are saying that at all. I think they are saying that Jesus will meet them where they are.
I do. I know my church has become that way. I can even make you a long list of doctrinal terms that are no longer acceptable to be spoken in the church service. For a while we even called our evening service "Road Rules" after the MTV show so that we might attract more young people. They call it "meeting people where they are"...... but it's about being cool. And the real problem with it is this... when people think they have to resort to slick presentations like this, it is because they doubt that the word is sufficient to change lives.
That's my opinion.