Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, recently spoke at CedarCreek Chuch’s anniversary celebration:

“My greatest fear,” he told the crowd, “is for you to think this is normal. This is so not normal.” …”

“You may think that a church that cares for lost people is normal,” Mr. Hybels said. “The average church on the corner of Elm and Vine doesn’t give a flying rip about people far from God. They’re an annoyance. They use bad words. They sleep in the wrong bed. They drink too much booze. They’re an annoyance.”

And this from Kevin Hendricks at Church Marketing Sucks:

Sadly, Hybels is right. Too many churches don’t care about lost people, and that fact comes across loud and clear in their actions. Those actions, in effect, become their marketing.

Unfortunately, it’s so sad but so true. Read the full article here…