On Stand To Reason’s blog, they have an entry up title, “The Irrelevance of Relevance.” It’s an interesting discussion of the modern church’s appeal to be “relevant” (which I think means that churches want to show they’re hip, wit’ it, cool, etc.) and how those efforts may actually be contributing to the declining church numbers:
One obvious feature of “relevant” worship is that it actually narrows the appeal of the service. To be increasingly relevant to one particular slice of demography is, of course, to be less relevant to another. But more than that, it’s difficult to afford much respect to an institution unsure of (or uncommitted to) its identity.
A very interesting and sobering thought, especially after just hearing about the possibility of a new service at my church becoming even “edgier” and more like a “TV church” (which is a topic for another day).
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