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Saturday, July 01, 2017

Consumer Churches and Performance-Driven Churches: Some Posts

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Eugene Peterson has written, "A consumer church is an antichrist church."

Here are some things I have written about Performance-Based  Churches and Consumer Churches. (The two go together: church leaders must put on a good show so the people will keep coming and buying it.)

The Entertainment-and-Performance-Driven Church is Like a Drug-Addicted Athlete (The Presence-Driven Church)

Performance-driven Churches Reduce the Real Jesus

Reject Performance-Based Churches

Pastors Don't Need to Be Awesome, Just Faithful

Elemental Chaos and the Presence of God (The Presence-Driven Church) [Note: the false self has a performance-driven orientation.]

The Performance-Driven Church Isn't Relevant

Presence-Driven Churches Cannot Have Multiple Stacked Services

A Consumer Church Is an Antichrist Church

Consumer Religion Fuels Clergy Burnout

Secularism Breeds Entertainment-Consumer-Driven Churches (The Presence-Driven Church)

The Most Immature and Mindless Church the World Has Ever Seen

Kill Performancism in Worship ("Oh Magnify My Face With Me")






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John Piippo
Married to Linda, in 1973. Sons Daniel, Joshua, and David. PhD in Philosophical Theology, Northwestern University, 1986. Pastor at Redeemer Fellowship Church, Monroe, MI, since 1992.
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