[Salvation]

How far can advertising "Come to my church!" go?

[Salvation]

**If Jesus didn’t want the temple pandering to marketers, should we want marketers peddling the temple?**

Excellent question!

[One Proud Dad]

This will be a topic in my Methodist Sunday school class this week, my pastor is the teacher.

[wideawake]

Pretty far. I've seen some pretty ridiculous stuff.

I work in Manhattan and a common thing you'll see in Manhattan at rush hour is teams of goodlooking, energetic 20 somethings dressed in identical t-shirts giving out free samples of some random product - a frusion shake, a healthy snack bar, a new shampoo, a t-shirt with a bank's name on it, etc.

One day they was such a team and they were giving out snack bars - but the snack bar wrappers were invitations to a hip new church in the area.

It was a perfect imitation of this streetmarketing concept.

Pretty lame.

[diverteach]

Stop thinking of accepting lezbos and faggots and they will come.

[PAR35]

2. If the sanctuary is filled with the types of people who are lured by base advertising, might we need to adjust the sanctuary experience in order to keep them there?

Some of the megachurches have already made this adjustment in the 'sacturary experience.'

[xzins]

I'm a pastor. Each week we announce different events taking place in the church throughout the week. We have a newsletter announcing what has occurred and what will occur in about the next quarter.

That is advertising.

This article seems to decry improving on the techniques now being used.

The point is to get the information out.

[Convert from ECUSA]

"I have at least four objections to advertising in church: 1. Such in-house advertising is only one step removed from the temple marketers that Jesus drove away with whips. Unacceptable to Jesus, unacceptable to me. 2. The sanctuary ought to be set aside from the ordinariness of everyday life, including the everyday saturation of advertising. 3. The material needs and desires are pressed on us every day. Advertising appeals to the material. We ought to get relief from it. 4. Advertising is for the most base thoughts and emotions. When we go to church, we ought to be raising our minds to the sublime, not wallowing in the emotional mud."

Amen and right on! Jesus founded the Church, not Amway!

[Corin Stormhands]

Same subject different article.

[Zechariah_8_13]

What? "Open Hearts Open Minds Open Doors" didn't work so well for them?

Maybe they could try the slogan of a UMC church I used to live near: HUGE banner tied across the front saying "HATE FREE ZONE"

The UMC is a disgrace. Let them spend their time and money on advertising a "likeable" church instead of teaching the gospel.

A fool and his money are soon parted.