Mceucharist: The Allure Of “fast-food” Worship

In their concern to reach as many people as possible with the gospel of Christ, church leaders often try to make the worship service as attractive as possible for the unchurched. When worship planning is "consumer-driven," however, serious abuses of true worship may result. The author of this entry raises some thoughtful questions about the "fast-food" approach to worship. This is a day in which church leaders are frequently admonished to be culturally sensitive to visitors and the unchurched in their preparation and execution of worship. In a sense this appears to be wise counsel. However, an inherent danger in striving to be culturally relevant is that the church will instead become culturally driven. Indeed, in observing the push toward becoming all things to all men one might wonder whether some promoters of cultural sensitivity have not become imprisoned by the need to reach their market, regardless of how much their efforts might compromise the message of Jesus Christ. The po…