What Do You Think?

As a regular reader of Freshly Bru’d, you may have gathered that I love to read about trends, directions, and tendencies of churches. I came across an interesting article written by Phil Cooke who is a media producer and strategist. He says that as he looks at the direction of the culture and the shaping of trends, here are some things we can look for in 2016. As I list these ask yourself ‘What do I think about this?’
 

• First, people in churches will be looking for deeper answers to their lives rather than how-to and self-help messages. More pastors are speaking for an hour going verse by verse. What do you think?
• More people will be looking for a local church. They don’t want to drive 30 miles to the mega church but want a church that is part of their local community. What do you think?
• Polarized Politics will be the perfect opportunity to offer a better way. Cooke claims that as the left goes further left and the right further right, people will get more disenchanted with the answers offered by the government. This gives Christians the opportunity to tell people where the true answer of life is found. What do you think?
• It is time to get serious about social media. Churches must make an impact online because social media is here to stay no matter how much we like or dislike it. You will be able to have tremendous influence upon people through this medium. What do you think?
• People want more theological and distinctive teaching than has been experienced in the last few years. Accommodating our theology into the culture will no longer be popular. If we, as Christians, are no more distinctive than the Kiwanis Club, then what’s the point? What do you think?
• Themes of freedom in Christ, overcoming fear, joy, building better families will become very popular in 2016. What do you think?

Blessings, 

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