Church attendance down? Consider adding a Tattoo Parlor to get them in!

I personally do not care for churches to run businesses on the premises. This includes fancy coffee shops, bookstores, tattoo parlors, etc. To quote a fundy mantra "Let's keep the main thing the main thing."
 
AmazedbyGrace said:
I personally do not care for churches to run businesses on the premises. This includes fancy coffee shops, bookstores, tattoo parlors, etc. To quote a fundy mantra "Let's keep the main thing the main thing."
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I feel the same way about businesses being ran by churches, but I also include Schools, day cares and colleges.I believe the church and all it's ministries should be  financed thru offerings only.
 
OZZY said:
AmazedbyGrace said:
I personally do not care for churches to run businesses on the premises. This includes fancy coffee shops, bookstores, tattoo parlors, etc. To quote a fundy mantra "Let's keep the main thing the main thing."
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I feel the same way about businesses being ran by churches, but I also include Schools, day cares and colleges.I believe the church and all it's ministries should be  financed thru offerings only.
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I also would like to see schools and daycares run separately from churches.

Preachers who sell sermon tapes and conference DVDs at church are also a sore spot with me. Getting the Bible (assuming that is what they are preaching) into the hands of more people should be a primary goal of their ministry. Would you charge for a tract? I can kind of understand the motivation of charging $1 per tape or DVD just so people do not request more than they need...But not selling them for a profit or to offset the cost of the conference itself.



 
I personally do not care for churches to run businesses on the premises. This includes fancy coffee shops, bookstores, tattoo parlors, etc.

I would agree in the main. However, my church has a small cafe that sells coffee and muffins. The prices are good, and the quality of the coffee is also very good.  The proceeds go to local charitable ministries that our church supports, and have given them something like $30,000 in the last year. Generosity is a virtue and I think Christians should be more than willing to donate to these same worthy ministries, no strings attached - and our members do.  Still, getting a little value in return just sweetens the deal a little bit more.
 
Ransom said:
I personally do not care for churches to run businesses on the premises. This includes fancy coffee shops, bookstores, tattoo parlors, etc.

I would agree in the main. However, my church has a small cafe that sells coffee and muffins. The prices are good, and the quality of the coffee is also very good.  The proceeds go to local charitable ministries that our church supports, and have given them something like $30,000 in the last year. Generosity is a virtue and I think Christians should be more than willing to donate to these same worthy ministries, no strings attached - and our members do.  Still, getting a little value in return just sweetens the deal a little bit more.
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Agreed.
We in evangelicalism often throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Almost anything acceptable in moderation can be taken to excess...the extreme.

One man's 'contemporary worship' can be another's Highway to Hell or Love Wins!
 
"For years they were told if you get a tattoo you'll go to hell,".

If that's what true born again believers were telling them then that's a shame but I think this is overreacting.
 
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