Attractional Worship at an Irresistible Church
I know there’s a lot of discussion and debate about whether a church should be attractional or missional. I’ve talked extensively about it all over the country. I’m a both-and person and like for a church to seek to be both, but when it comes to the corporate worship service – I look for an attractional model. Again: COMPEL them to come in. Blow your people and your community away with excellence and an environment that allows the Holy Spirit of God to move.
I never got over Sally Morgenthaler’s book Worship Evangelism. I think lost people can be moved by witnessing genuine and authentic worship happening. I also know God moves through the preaching of His Word. Please know I’m not talking to just large churches. I work with large churches, but my home church in Georgia is a church of 350 people. They do things with excellence, and for a small church, blow me away each week that I’m home.
Regardless of what size church you are, you should think through worship flow, song selection, authenticity, communication/preaching, and every aspect of what you want people to experience each week when you gather. Are sound, video, and lights important? I think so, but you don’t have to have the best of the best to see God move. One of the most special and memorable services we did at Bent Tree when I was there was have a stripped down music set with no technology.
Whether you’re in a school, movie theater, gym, or worship center – you can seek to create an environment where people encounter the Living God.
Please know these are not Biblical laws or Scriptural requirements. These are just four keys that I look for when I visit a church, and I’ve found over the years that the churches that do these four things well see God bless their church in amazing ways. Think through each as a team and prayerfully consider how you can do each to the best of your ability.
Did I miss something? What are your keys to creating an irresistible church?
