Annual Conference Excited to “Rethink Church”

Taylor Mills — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:33:27 +0000

“What if church was more than a building?” This is part of a new message and media campaign by United Methodist Communications, (UMCom) the media ministry of The United Methodist Church.
In 2000, UMCom launched Igniting Ministry whose message was “Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.” While this slogan remains relevant, the new campaign offers a new slogan: “Rethink Church.”
Extensive research has shown that 18 to 34 year olds overwhelmingly believe that the church is irrelevant, too busy arguing with one another, and that Christians live one way for one hour on Sunday and an entirely different way the rest of the week.
So Rethink Church seeks to change these perceptions by redefining church beyond Sundays and sanctuaries and by helping the church return to the best of the early church community when the church was one of the original “social networks.”
Reverend Ken Sloane from UMCom came from Nashville to tell our Annual Conference about Rethink Church and to show us a dynamic video. The Communications Committee and Bill Norton, Director of Communications, will be announcing training events for local churches across our Conference. Learn more at www.rethinkchurch.org.

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Annual Conference Excited to “Rethink Church”