Jesus Isn't Cool, Discipleship v. ???,

Is the church/youth group to entertain those who attend or is it to make disciples?

Are we to make disciples or converts or church members?

What does it mean to make disciples?

What is a Disciple of Christ? Answers will be given on Sunday night in a couple weeks.

I ran across a good article recently titled “Jesus Isn’t Cool” (http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=1219) and a good Blog in response (http://www.internetmonk.com/archives/2005/09/020017.html), with good comments and then a 30 minute podcast(?) (http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/the_white_horse_inn/Archives.asp) that even though I don’t agree with all these guys’ theology or even church methodology, they make some good comments about what the church is all about. And it’s not entertainment. Click on the broadcast titled “My Kids are Bored in Church.”

Some say, “What you win them with is what you will keep them with.” This means if someone becomes a Christian (or church member) because of a fancy presentation, concert, game night, or good snacks ... that is what they will expect the church to be, if it changes they are no longer interested.

What should our main things be?

The following is a paragraph from the “Jesus Isn’t Cool” article:

“One student … participated in his church’s “”40 Days of Purpose”” campaign, hoping that an exploration of Rick Warren’s popular book The Purpose Driven Life would help. Instead, he reached this conclusion: ““I don’t understand why you need God for a sense of purpose, self-esteem, or whatever … lots of people have that without God.”” This young man was on to something.”

What does he mean by this?

What is God calling us to be?