This is a continuation of my previous post on Ministering to the Buster Generation.
 
The stats are interesting. In 2001, 33% of those ages 18-29 attended church, (compared to 40% of those ages 30-64 and 52% of those ages 65-74). So how does today’s church design a strategy for reaching unchurched Busters? Gary McIntosh (One Church [...]

Dinesh D’Souza takes on leading critics of the church from E.O. Wilson to Richard Dawkins, from Sam Harris to Christopher Hitchens, extolling how Christianity is at home in the arena of science and philosophy and can offer a recipe for lasting happiness in a disillusioned world. While considering the book, I found this review very insightful, [...]

Broadly defined, Busters were born between 1965 and 1983 and represent about 66 million Americans (roughly ages 25 to 42). They have seen many changes and advances in their lifetime: Roe v. Wade, high technology, video games, television quality and choices, the Challenger disaster, the Berlin Wall came down, peer groups became essential, music had [...]

One of the themes in the book I am reading (unChristian) is that Christians put too much emphasis on converting people to their way of thinking. This is a barrier to many people on the outside of the Christian faith.
 
Think about it, how do we react when the Mormons or the JW’s come to our [...]

Look around at the Christians you may know. How would you define what a follower of Jesus really looks like? Perhaps your list looks something like this: 

Careful student of Scripture
Zealous and active in their stand for God
Appetite for worship and prayer
Consistent in worship attendance
Practices Scripture memorization
Not afraid to pray in [...]

There is a fascinating book called, unChristian (Kinnaman and Lyons) that declares Christianity has an image problem. I’ve known it for years but did not really have any research to support it. I often heard stories like:

The church is only after my money

Look at the lifestyles of TV evangelists

Church is boring or irrelevant

Remember Ted Haggard [...]

Inspired by our friends down at the Wittenburg Door I wanted to see what type of insight and creativity might come from our Wordpress community. Think of things that Jesus would not say…

Oops.

That never occurred to Me.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If you have sinned only a little, cast the first [...]