{"id":205677,"date":"2016-08-11T10:29:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T08:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/?post_type=resources&p=205677"},"modified":"2022-06-15T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:14:33","slug":"authentic-church-versus-consumer-church","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/articles\/authentic-church-versus-consumer-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Authentic Church versus Consumer Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 Ways an Authentic Church Differs from a Consumer Church<\/h3>\n

1.<\/strong> A people fully committed to Jesus to share my life with, not a place to spend a few hours on a Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> A focus on Jesus and His mission in the world, not me and my family\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Worship about God to God that causes heaven to touch earth, rather than simply a style of music I like or because it gives me goosebumps.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> A life-giving Word that both encourages and challenges me to change to become more like Jesus, not simply informing me about God or making me feel good.<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> An eternal cause to which I can give my time, talents and treasures, not a charity for my leftovers or things I no longer need.<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> The Holy Spirit actively works outside of the box in new ways when we meet, rather than a service planned to the minute, all within my past experience and comfort zone.<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> A way to live, modelled, that reflects the radical, counter-cultural nature of the Kingdom of God, rather than compromising to the values of the spirit of the age.<\/p>\n

Be sure that you’re actually seeking to belong to Jesus’ church and not simply a manmade club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Be sure that you’re actually seeking to belong to Jesus’ church and not simply a manmade club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205679,"template":"","meta":{"_jf_save_progress":"","footnotes":""},"worship-options":[],"women-ministry-category":[],"featured-options":[],"current-issues":[],"series":[],"series-categories":[],"global-categories":[559,1712],"topics":[602,439,1524],"author_speaker":[625],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/205677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/205677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"worship-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/worship-options?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"women-ministry-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/women-ministry-category?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"featured-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-options?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"current-issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-issues?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"series-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series-categories?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"global-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-categories?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"author_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/four12global.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_speaker?post=205677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}