5 Signs Your Church Might Be Too Seeker-Sensitive
14 min
“If the primary decision-making factor with regard to worship in your church is, what does the world think rather than what does God think, then seeker sensitivity has become seeker-driven.”
Is it wrong for a church to be seeker sensitive? Pastor Adriel Sanchez expounds on the differences between seeker-sensitive and seeker-driven churches, and why ordering our services to be palatable for certain demographics is a way of domesticating the worship of God.
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