tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394606.post167071449273643330..comments2008-09-12T10:35:40.701-04:00markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075996753177921324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394606.post-7920966131409255422008-09-12T10:35:00.000-04:002008-09-12T10:35:00.000-04:00I agree that 'without transformation, the Christian message is not advanced'...but I don't agree with the underlying premise that megachurch vs. ????(any other church?) can't be a place of transformation. I serve as a volunteer in a church of about 250 but have been blessed and transformed in my walk with Christ by both local and national "megachurches" - and also feel at times very frustrated with our own church and it's lack of impact on guiding people into a transformational relationship with Christ - and part of that burden is upon me. Lots there to think through obviously....are we creating barriers to grace and truth through size? I think the barriers are many times just different because of "size" and then our vantage points and issues that we deal with are different - and that causes tesion between mega and others and it becomes easier to see the walls around us rather than the God we both serve out of gratitude....and how can we serve wisely together buidling on our strengths. (Can/should we even look for ops to serve together?) Okay...I'm rambling now! Thanks for the post!David Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13961784834051398113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394606.post-17632745705733736012008-09-11T13:12:00.000-04:002008-09-11T13:12:00.000-04:00This is absolutely spot on. the phrase "Without transformation, the Christian message is not advanced" could just have easily said the Kingdom is not advanced.<BR/><BR/>Big Church campuses and 'family life centers' do not change our hearts to help birth Kingdom living.Monk-in-Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373661525025912462noreply@blogger.com