A Thought

As I read several popular blogs, attend conventions or summits that there is often a similar theme.

If you find just the right technique your church will reach people.

So people blog about technology and say if you use technology just right then you will reach people. Others will say, if you use instruments, if you have great teaching, if you increase your leadership potential, if you do small groups just right... then you will reach people.

Technique.

But I think these folks are wrong.

Technique is only a result of why some churches reach people and other don't.

Some would spiritualize it and say it's only God that reaches people, but frankly that's bogus too. The Holy Spirit may woo people to him, but God uses people reach people. And yes, God works through people and sustains people, but it seems likely a cop-out theologically to say that only God reaches people.

Churches don't reach people because they don't want to.
and
Churches don't reach people because they have puny theology.

but it's not technique.

Technique will come if there is a will and theology to reach people.