Comments on: Not Everything in Web Ministry is THAT Awesome

By: Jeremy Young

Jeremy Young — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:31:01 +0000

Good call Steve,
I recently wrote a post about Pastors and church leaders who are continuously sending out monotone tweets about how awesome church is going to be,
Man, I had to stop following these guys.
I couldn't believe they had nothing worth while to listen too.
Such a shame that these guys are influencing so many christians with meaningless messages.

By: @khoocreative

@khoocreative — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:05:30 +0000

I don't know – if God gives us a fantastic tool for us to use, then we should be joyful and do the best we can with it. Perhaps what is needed is a balancing out – that this world shouldn't be viewed through rose-coloured glasses – that we should be reminded to be brave in times of persecution, to be on guard against sin and most importantly, to have a reverent fear of God.

By: ethos » Blog Archive » Amazing, absolutely incredible!

ethos » Blog Archive » Amazing, absolutely incredible! — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:06:10 +0000

[...] that get your attention? ChurchCrunch had a post yesterday on how we oversell things in ministry by the big words we use and how that has spilled [...]

By: human3rror

human3rror — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:16:06 +0000

Chris,

good point. I'm just making a blanket-point that we can oft-be tempted to over-exaggerate our own personal and ministry impact.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:19:39 +0000

What you say is so true. I think some times we try to hard to manufacture energy instead of relying on God. We can almost make God sound like a product instead of a person. Love it.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:44:04 +0000

THANKS! I THOUGHT IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Steve Knight

Steve Knight — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:51:23 +0000

When I hear church leaders (I won't name any names) talk about how "Awesome!" things are in their churches and ministries week after week after week, it just begins to ring hollow. And, well, it just feels like hype. It's no longer giving praise to God as much as it's marketing a ministry. And that's what bothers me about all the "Awesome!" chatter on Twitter and blogs. It just doesn't feel honest.

When do these church leaders talk about the dark times? the hard times? the times when they're really struggling or questioning or hurting? We know they do, they *must*, because that's real life — the life we all know and experience. Again, I think this is a product of the evangelical culture that doesn't (in general) deal with problems and difficulty well or restore people who have "fallen." Any possible chink in the leader's armor could lead to their downfall, so it perpetuates this cycle of "Everything's great!" and "Everything's awesome!" I think it's a trap, and I think a lot of these church leaders know it — but no one seems to have the courage to call it what it is and flip the script.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:18:00 +0000

incredibly amazing awesome post.

By: Graham Brenna

Graham Brenna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:26:31 +0000

Ooo! Nicely done sir!

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:37:04 +0000

scripture ftw!