Your slogan can be "We just make it up as we go".
*****"How about "The Newfangled Chapel of Creative Theology".
Your slogan can be "We just make it up as we go".*****
That's good. I like that one!
I also like "A little music the right atmosphere and then slip them a little Jesus under the table when no one is watching."
I'm sure that A2J is sincere and wants to do God's will, in all seriousness; surely many people are turned off to "church", but then, they should aks themselves what voices they are listening to. There are many ministers who misinterpret what people are seeking and they tend to try to please them or appease them, thus, they patronize from the pulpit or in their message and the truth is sacrificed on the altar of church growth.
Your slogan can be "We just make it up as we go".
LOL! That's really funny, especially the slogan.
Just a thought, though. What makes you think that the Early Church didn't "just make it up" as they went along? Because they didn't have leatherbound bibles on their pews or the thick book of hymns to sing together like robots, means that they LIVED the life instead of LEGISLATING the life through the edicts of people who placed themselves into positions of power.
The "creative theology" came along about 300 years after our Lord ascended to heaven when power became the god of their desire and walls began being raised.
We need to return to the old ways, the ancient ways of our faith to see what they had, which was simply life, and try to live accordingly.