Theater Churches?
The Winston-Salem Journal recently published an article on theater churches called Curtain Call: Churches finding a home in theaters. There seems to be a new trend of Churches meeting in more "neutral" places these days. Besides, how important is a building anyways? Church isn't a building right? Check out the article: here's the link. Is a non-typical location better to attract the unchurched and non-believer?
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I think that it is definitely ok to have a Church in a theater. I’ve been seeing a lot of them in Charlotte and I have been curious about them and wanted to attend a service sometime. So I bet that many non-Christians have thought the same. As long as the Gospel is not compromised, I am glad we have fellow Christians concerned about non-believers and ways that they can be reached. It seems to me that “traditional” churches, especially protestant churches in the south, are becoming almost Catholic in one sense, and that is in tradition. In Catholicism they have the “holy tradition” which is equal with the Bible authority wise. This tradition comes from early Popes and such, and includes things such as purgatory, immaculate conception, so on. Now these teachings aren’t found biblically but their “holy tradition”, being equal with the Bible, makes it ok. What I am getting at is that this kind of thing seems to happen in protestant churches also (kind of ironic). You hear things like you can’t have genuine worship in a gym or theater, it has to be on Sunday morning from 11:00 to 12:00, or you have to be in a suit and tie to be in God’s presence. Loud music with guitars and drums can’t be used only the organ. Things like this have become almost tradition (unspoken maybe, but still tradition) in churches even though it’s not biblical. I am not saying there is anything wrong with worshipping in a suit on Sunday morning, its perfectly fine, but when it gets to the point that other types of worship are not allowed and even condemned, and no room is left for the Holy Spirit to move, because it is not on the bulletin, then I think you need to step back and take a look. I would rather be apart of a Church that meets in a theater but is genuine in worship and open to the Holy Spirit, rather than a traditional church that is so wrapped up in tradition and routine that worship becomes mundane and no room is left for the Holy Spirit. Just my thoughts, for what its worth, lol, interesting article Spoon.
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