Seeker-sensitive churches seem to be on the decrease now days. There was a time (not that long ago) when people were saying to unbelievers, “You can gain a bit of social capital by coming to join with us. There’s some value added to your life if you come and join with us. If you just come and be with us, we’ll add meaning and spirituality to your life in a non-threatening way.”
But in the hardening secularization that we are now experiencing people are going to pay social capital (jobs status, money, etc.) to hang around with anyone believes the gospel of Jesus Christ. They’re going to forfeit social capital. They’re going to run a risk for being member of our churches. There once was a time when, especially someone—who wanted to come to a church, meet new people and find possibly someone to marry, raise children, do business, receive advice and counsel, be surrounded by family, all this in order to have some form of credibility, love and security. This is what people did in the age of cultural Christianity.
Well now, you may fail to land a job because you’re a member of a Bible-believing, gospel-teaching church that is known for its teaching on pro-life, pro-marriage, conservative beliefs and possibly filled homophobes, Islamaphobes, and the pastor may very well known to be a supporter of Donald Trump.
The cushion of being part of a bible believing church is slowly disappearing. To be denied a job, a promotion, or something of personal value to you because of your membership with a bible believing church is a form of persecution. As a result, people simply will not want to join your church and will not see it as something to gain.
Those who do join will take the risk and count the cost (which is very good!). This is really what you want.
But take a look around you. Are there very many seeker-sensitive churches? Enough to show that liberal churches will change everything including the message of the gospel to fit the world’s standard in order to become more appealing.
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