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Saturday, January 10, 2009

The commerce of church - when do we cross the line?

In a post yesterday about former Planetshaker's Michael Guglielmucci (who wrote many of the band's songs) and his admission that he had been lying for two years about having cancer to cover his addiction to porn, I threw out this question: "Are we bowing at the altar of the megachurch, rather than the foot of the cross, because it's 'culturally relevant?'"

Someone commented that Guglielmucci's deception wasn't necessarily an indictment on his church, and he was right. That question shouldn't have necessarily been part of that post. It's just that those two questions seem intricately linked in my mind.

So today, let me separate the question from the Michael Guglielmucci issue and open that up for discussion.

Are we bowing at the altar of the megachurch, rather than the foot of the cross, because it's "culturally relevant?" Where is the line between church and commercial product?

I went to a big church in my city recently. I had visited once before, on the first weekend they were having services in their new, state of the art building. The building seats 1,200 people (and they have two services each weekend), and has more technological equipment than the Starship Enterprise. Three large screens, full lights and sound, stadium seating. I felt like someone should have taken my concert ticket at the door instead of handing me a program.

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