I am disturbed that the modern contemporary church and “mega” churches are doing nothing more than creating “Christian subcultures”. We have traded in our role as counterculture for subculture.
Let me elaborate for a moment on what I mean by a Christian subculture. You see it when you go to a Christian music Festival, most people there aren't non-Christians they are Christians there to hear their favorite Christian band. Look at some of the shirts people are wearing, they are usually taken from secular marketing which we usually condemn and replaced with Christian themes (think "A Breadcrumb and a Fish" instead of "Abercrombie and Fitch"). There is a growing concern in the church that we have what is called "Christian consumerism" due to the marketed approach of most companies to appeal to only Christians. Our churches no longer look like churches rather a theater or auditorium doing away with religious symbols. I could go on and on...
What is our responsibility? To be blending in our message with that of the culture only with a "Christian label" making us nothing more than a subculture? Or are we meant to be an active counterculture in our society? Something that doesn't look or feel like anything else. Something genuine. What does that look like for you?
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