The Marketplace

After a year and a half I am still amazed at the reaction we get from "Christians" when I tell them we have church in a movie theater. Most people think it's very cool and are intrigued at the thought. Some are like, "How in the world do you do that...especially a children's ministry?" And then there are those who have that look on their faces of "Why aren't you in a real church building?" I'd love to memorize the following quote. I read it in a comment on Mark Batterson's blog and it rocks!

Scottish minister George MacLeod (founder of the nondenominational Iona Community in Glasgow in the 1930's) "I simply argue that the cross be raised again at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves, on the town garbage heap, on a crossroads so cosmopolitan that they had to write His title in Hebrew and Latin and Greek, at the kind of place where cynics talk smut, and thieves curse, and soldiers gamble, because that is where He died and that is what He died about. And that is where church people should be and what church people should be about."

Those who read this and could almost weep at it's truth understand the desperate need to be where we are. There are hundreds and thousands of people within just a few miles of Century Theaters at Jordan Creek Mall that are going to Hell. That may sound blunt, rude, mean, and judgemental but it is true...unless we tell them about Jesus and the Truth be revealed to them. There are children who have every conceivable toy, gadget, new technology gizmo, designer clothes, and go to the perfect school but unless they meet Jesus they will be lost for eternity. Why would anyone question where we lead people to Christ? They should only question why aren't all churches using every available means to get the job done.