Protestantism

» redback - First, Second, Third, Etc.

Me...I count funny. I thought 4,5 6 or more local parishes = one church. We have a mega church here by one idea...the Hillsong...but it'd be probably unkind to expect all churches to catch up to the TV-ready brand Hillsong style productions...and unkind to expect those who get their message from Hillsong to find it in older, far quieter versions. There's a preacher here who uses rooms at the pub. The ones who tolerate the homeless and those who actively seek them...about comfort zones.

If one parish has a boring pastor and another one has one as dynamic as Brian for example, do they regularly swap or share services...rather than compete.

There's any number of ways to increase church vitality and tis a fact of life nowadays, their coffers need to keep being filled. I think the current fella just up the road has a paying day job...a lifetime ago, the church could pay. Of course, others like the Pope are scraping by.

-- posted by redback