are churches building community?
by: John O’Keefe Rating: 5.00 I am not sure I would agree with the standard church line that many claim, We are building community. Most churches I know claim this but I wonder if they truly are. I mean I dont want to sound harsh, but it sounds like a tag line for a church marketing program: Come to Our Church, We Build Community. And it seems that for many, it simply is a tag-line used to market the church and come across as something different. Yet, I wonder if they even know what it means to be in a real, true, open, accepting, loving, knowing community? I am not even sure they have a grip on what a community is; sure they might know in part, but not in whole. Let me share with you a few examples of the communities I see many churches developing: The Subdivision Builders: Take a good look at the big church on the corner, it might be growing and it might a cool pastor or music [insert the name of another program if you desire] program, but is it building a community? Many in the chur
