That may be, but the megas are draining people from the smaller churches, and while they sometimes sound biblical, the real emphasis is self-help stuff. Jesus wants to help you with your finances, nail fungus and remote control choices. Scripture is purposely de-emphasized, Christian symbolism like crosses removed (so as not to turn off the “unchurched”). After all, it’s not about YOU. These churches are growing and members of smaller churches who like all the glitzy programs, lights and contemporary feel, coffee bars and slick web sites are leaving smaller but scripturally faithful churches to shrink and shrivel. Thing is, these megas are often politically liberal, but the masses attending only slowly catch onto that. The terminology sometimes stays the same while the meaning behind it differs.
You did not have to post twice but I do understand. I have been having problems all day today. That may be true in some areas but it is not true in this one. The main road is about 1/2 mile from me. There are about 10 churches within a few miles. Some insist it should be called Church Street except there is already one named that. I go to a so called mega church with about 8,000 or so members. The church voted to buy one in another part of town so the people who live in that area won’t have long to drive and it serves our bus ministry because most of them live in that area. Our minister has been here since 1978 and we do not know what we are going to do when he decides to retire. He teaches from the Bible verse by verse. He is respected and loved by everyone in this area. BTW, there is nothing liberal about this SBC and you can count on that.