Gabe, the chart says they "Invited others to come"...

2009-07-07T10:53:30.585-05:00

Gabe, the chart says they "Invited others to come", but does not say that those people actually responded to the invitation and came to church. Did the study clarify that?

I think it's much easier for people to invite others to a typical megachurch because it's more like big social event, with lots of entertainment, at least more entertaining than the typical midsize church that doesn't have the big $$ budget to spend every Sunday.

In other words, its easy to understand why somebody would be more willing to say to an acquaintance, "Hey, come to Rockpoint North X-Treme Church on Sunday. We have rockin good music, and the preacher is a comedian!"

As opposed to somebody at a midsized/small church saying, "Hey, come visit our church. We sing some praise songs, and then listen to a sermon."

It sure would be interesting if we had some kind of measurement criteria for spiritual maturity to be able to compare the two. But then, nobody can agree on what spiritual maturity is either, so I guess we are back to where we started.

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Gabe, the chart says they "Invited others to come"...