TITLE: What do you Offer?
PROPOSITION: The church is competing with many distractions.
QUESTION: What?
KEY WORD: Distractions
Introduction:
We are a mobile society move, transfer, relocate
What do you look for in a church?
Survey of those who recently moved and were looking for a church home. What do you look for as you visit different churches?
What many are looking for
Social Activities dinners, showers, parties
Social Contacts all the social elite go there
Day care service for working parents with small children
Biggest in town stay on fringe, fewer demands, less involvement
Entertainment plays, special music,
Something for youth ball teams, parties, activities
A good preacher entertains, not boring
What Christ Offers
Freedom from sin John 1 Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
A way of life John 10:10 abundant life
Citizenship in the Kingdom
Home in heaven John 14 I go to prepare a place for you
What should I look for?
The church Jesus built
Like minded souls
People content to be Christians