Meeting People Where They Are...

I dread what I have to do over the next 10 days. Read three books, write 3 papers, GRAD SCHOOL HAS OFFICIALLY TAKEN OVER!!!

However, in reading one of these books, I came across a great quote from Eddie Gibbs. He puts eloquently into words a thought that many have said, but not so well...What do you think?

"Churches cannot stand apart from society and invite people to come to them on their terms. Rather, churches must go to people where they are and communicate in terms that will make sense to them, addressing the issues that shape their lives and speaking their language."

[--Eddie Gibbs, ChurchNext (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000) 39.]

What does that mean for the way we inculcate people into our churches? What does that mean for us and the way we prepare and construct worship? What kind of impressions do we want to make on this broken society?