Why Are Christians Surprised when they get Great Media Coverage?
This thought came to me as I was reading Andy Darnell’s post over on ChurchCreate.
In the comments I wrote:
It think it’s so cool that iTunes let the Rolling Stones & Pearl Jam share some space with Passion. That’s huge promotion for them! Way to (go) RS & PJ- keep working, and you’ll get there someday!
(I’d like to point out that sometimes the reason we (Christians) don’t get prime spots, et cetera is because we think they only belong to those prominent individuals “worthy” of them. Flip the thinking on this…. uh oh, I feel a post coming on.)
While I was being completely sarcastic in my congratulatory remarks to The Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam, I really think there is some truth here.
With so much media coverage out there about Christians that’s negative, I just find it odd that when something great happens, we- as believers- are surprised.
We shouldn’t be. (So what should we think?)
We should think differently. That the message of Jesus is THE most important message there is. That the “prime spots” should be filled with His message. That 5th Avenue should be coming to the Church asking for real estate.
There needs to be a paradigm shift when it comes to getting Jesus’ message out.
GET RID OF THE CRAPPY READER SIGNS.
STOP ASKING FOR A “DISCOUNT” ON AD SPACE.
TAP INTO THE CREATOR AND BE CREATIVE.
I’m not discounting Passion and what they’re accomplishing. They’re on the leading edge of this shift in thinking.
And, here are just a few other places to check out for more peeps getting it:
ChurchMarketingSucks.com
Jesus Needs New PR
PhileCooke.com
Oh yeah- get rid of the stupid bumper stickers too. They’re just lame and our driving sucks just as bad as the next person’s.
What are you doing to shift the thinking about the Church and media coverage?
hmm. yes.
word.
This may not be a very popular thing to say…but I still believe it: Talent goes where the money is.
For real.
Now, there are a lot of talented, gifted, hard working, creative believers in ministry. There really are.
But can you compare it to the amount of talented, gifted, hard working and creative believers who do not put those elements to work for ministry? Is it even close?
I don’t mean that to say that people are selfish, greedy or anything like that. I mean it more that the church, at large, just isn’t competitive with the rest of the market. Whether out of necessity or design.
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I know this isn’t at all what you asked about, but it’s where my mind went
I agree DB.
I’d like to see a more concerted effort on the part of believers to go mainstream with their stuff. This would mean $$ AND exposure to THE message.
Thanks for sharing bro!
Agreed!
STOP ASKING FOR A “DISCOUNT” ON AD SPACE.
Word up!
Our Father owns it all, we don’t need the discounts.
We don’t need no stinking discounts!
yeah – stop making excuses