Here is a quote from a book I’m going to put on my reading list. Hat Tip to John Burke of Revolution Church!

“If you expect people to come to church just to hear your music, you’ll be disappointed. If they want to hear music, they’ll pop in a CD. It’s better quality than you can do. The unchurched will not crawl out of bed…to watch your drama. They can get a lot better drama on television by watching a rerun of Seinfeld or Friends or whatever show is hot today. If they want to sit around tables and talk, they’ll go to Starbucks…Present God’s Word in a clear, compelling way with a deliberate sensitivity to those you’re trying to reach, because the Word of God alone has the power to bring people to Christ and keep them there.”

– Quoted in Deliberate Simplicity: How the Church does More by Doing Less