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actually most mega churches, evangelical or not seem shady these days. I mean if they are that great why does this site have a ping list watching out for stuff they do? Some how I get the drift that the little country church or some what average size has more going for it as far as faith and devotion than these mega monsters.

Lets get real okay. How many of these mega church pastors really visit every person in their congretation and pray for the sick in the hospital? Or do they send “deacons” and other lay people out to do it? They so big most of them don’t know your name unless you give a lot of money then they know you.

I dunno maybe it’s just me but these mega churches just seem cold and impersonal.

[[Lets get real okay. How many of these mega church pastors really visit every person in their congretation and pray for the sick in the hospital?]]

I’m sure they have teams of people to do those outreach situations-

[[Or do they send “deacons” and other lay people out to do it?]]

Yes, many times- when the situations aren’t dire-

[[They so big most of them don’t know your name unless you give a lot of money then they know you.]]

I’m sure the disciples didn’t know every member of the two groups of people that numbered over 5000 that Jesus fed either-

Smaller churches are good in terms of getting to know everyone- but larger churches have their purposes too- We should just thank God that the true bible preaching mega churches are getting the message out - The Spirit Listeth where it will- meaning that The Holy Spirit works Where He will on Whom He will- regardless of the location-

I’m not suggestion mega churches don’t have their problems- or that all are solid bible preaching churches- but many are- and God’s word is getting out to the masses- thankfully- Much better that than the masses be inundated with nothing but secularism and hedonism every day, all day- an personally, I’d rather go to a true solid bible preaching mega church, not be known, but able to listen to God’s word, than to have no church available, and nothing to do but hear ungodly junk all day long- While I’d certainly be put off by the gimicky junk like christian rock music etc- meant to draw the crowds, it’s really the message that matters- if it’s sound that is-

Charles Stanley preaches at a very large church, and I listen to him all the time- He is a rock solid preacher- even if he doesn’t personally visit everyone or know everyone- (Not saying he doesn’t- maybe he does- but I’m guessing that he gets many that go there for awhile, then leave, then come ack etc- and doesn’t have a chance to know everyone personally-)

We have to be careful about criticizing, because we don’t know where and when the Holy spirit works- He can even work in churches that don’t personally preach salvation through CHrist- but do read from the word at the very least- He can open the eyes of the unbeleiver at any moment- in anyplace- and the fact is- many do become saved in mega churches-

Mike Warnke was an evangelist/comedian of sorts that drew large crowds, used christian rock to draw in hippies in, back in the day- and many turned to CHrist- He got a lot of criticism from conventional churches at the time- but through his stage acts- many were saved that others thought were untouchable- Mike was a deeply flawed person- He lied about being a previous satanist before he got saved in order to ‘boost his ‘authenticity’ or ‘street cred’ if you will- among the druggies of the day- and later got caught for lying about it- but God did use him for a period of time to save many in the drugged out, anything goes, hippy generation- Even deeply flawed people can and are used by God as He sees fit -