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* 47% of those attending DO NOT believe in salvation by grace.
* 57% of those attending DO NOT believe in the authority of the Bible.
* 56% of those attending DO NOT believe Jesus is the only way to eternal life.These are the statistics you would expect to find if you were to poll your local mall or baseball game, but these statistics are of a “Church”! The question must be now: “Is this even considered a Church?” If over half of the people attending there don’t believe in core doctrines of Christ, how could this be a body of believers in Christ? The simple, logical, and right answer is, “It couldn’t.”
Join Ingrid Schlueter and Chris Rosebrough on this edition of the SliceCast as they discuss these new results the leaders there are producing from “leading smart” as they self-profess to be doing.
From CRN:
“Granger Community Church, one of the premiere Purpose-Driven churches and the 6th most influential church in America just announced the results of their Reveal Study. The results are SHOCKING but not surprising because sites like this one have been warning for years that the seeker-sensitive / purpose-driven model was creating false converts and now there is hard statistical data that backs up this claim.
Granger’s own qualitative study revealed that:
47% of those attending Granger DO NOT believe in salvation by grace.
57% of those attending Granger DO NOT believe in the authority of the Bible.
56% of those attending Granger DO NOT believe Jesus is the only way to eternal life.From SliceCast:
“In this latest Slicecast, the guest is Chris Rosebrough. Chris is the publisher of ExtremeTheology.com and host of the Pirate Christian Radio program, Fighting for the Faith. In this edition of the program, the recent survey taken at Granger Community Church is the topic of discussion. When nearly 60% of Granger’s church attenders reject the authority of the Bible and over half don’t believe Jesus is the only way to salvation, are we even talking about a Christian church any longer? Can Granger’s Pastor, Mark Beeson, turn things around with a Wednesday night Bible study when his pop culture laden, entertaining Sunday morning service will reportedly remain unchanged? These are the topics at issue on this Slicecast.”
http://sliceoflaodicea.com/slicecast/…
Granger Community Church’s Mea Culpa!:
http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/20…The Details of the Changes Coming to Granger:
http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/20…http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com
(This video is protected under the US Copyright Fair Use Law as it is used for presenting and criticizing a position for educational purposes. http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html)
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This is saddening to hear and yet is a big wake up call for all of us in Christ. Thanks for posting this bro. You've just encouraged all over again to dig deeper into God's Word that I may grow more in the knowledge of Him. I look forward to reading more of your blogs.
So sad and grieving indeed, Mikhail. In our sincere "cultural christianity", we go through so much strategies and methods to cater to the people's lives, needs and souls. We deceive our selves into thinking that we have undertaken such a noble task. So many of us have forgotten that we are simply commanded to proclaim the truth of the Word, and leave our confidence to God in His work.
It is my regret to say that we are not so far off to what Granger has become. We don't need CEOs, business men, producers and directors in the pulpit… we need God fearing men with total reverence and subjection to the Word of God who are not afraid to preach it!
Excuses and excuses, strategies and strategies… have we forgotten that God's word is like a fire?
I must admit that I thought some of these seeker-sensitive and "culturally relevant" churches were becoming far removed from Christ and the message of the cross, but quite frankly, watching this has left me absolutely stone cold. I feel like I am going to be sick.
God help us all!
Mercedes
Mercedes,
It is in fact, a "Christless Christianity".
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8ttW34vho
May God indeed be merciful!