David Black posted this a few days back. His caption was:
I’m still looking for it. A very unique church marquee, that is. If you see one, please snap a pic and send it to me. I promise to post it here.
I wanted to elaborate on that some. As I was driving through Dallas yesterday evening on the way and to football game in the Oak Cliff area, I began to observe the “church” billboards and sings. I immediately thought back to this and started to discuss it with my wife. I asked her, why is that every-time you see a billboard, or a sign, or even the Internet, you see a slew of pictures of the “staff”. With that staff is a resume of the “successes” of the pastor and what he has accomplished in whatever he has done.
You can probably get 10 pages of information about the staff and a half of page of what they believe about Jesus. I see how “they” grew the church from a meeting in the basement to a church of whatever number of your choosing. Usually there is a resume with a list of the “success” they have had. The attitude displayed in the marquee above is rare. There are a few and I am excited but again these fellas (Alan Knox and a couple others) are rare. I am not saying it is good or bad but here are some questions for dialogue over this gorgeous (but warm) Labor Day weekend.
1. Why is it important to list the pastor and his acomplishments and the staff and their accomplisments on a website?
2. Why is important that the “pastor” or staff even be mentioned?
3. What do you think this causes rather good or bad?
Lionel,
Good questions!
The first two points of Dave’s marquee were printed at the head of the weekly bulletin of the believers amongst whom I was privileged to minister.
Contact phone numbers were their also for visitors who may want to speak to someone.
Brother Aussie,
That is a rare practice today. In most “churches” the chuch is a direct correlation of the pastoral staff.