Ok, so you are getting the sense we don't like church as it is currently being done. We really love it...deeply. We just don't want to be it. Our hearts and minds are positioned towards mission living, and our mission is reaching the unchurched. For some reason, this is harder to identify-with domestically - for church folk. Consider if we were leaving Illinois and flying to Africa. No one would recommend traditional music for our new worship, clothes that make us look like traditional Christian Americans, traditional church language, etc. Now simply insert urban/ suburban American secularism for Africa, and you will begin to see what we see. Traditional American church, unfortunately, is RESPONSIBLE for turning many people away from Jesus - music they don't like, long, boring services, rules that are impossible to keep, constant threat of burning in hell, etc, etc. We are coming for that very group - the people who are aware of but have rejected 'traditional church' but are still in desperate need of the Gospel. If you are a lover of traditional church, and this site seems weird or cheeky - good - GOOD - we are doing something right. We hope you pray for this mission, bless it, and know we are rolling up our sleeves for the redemption of the world with everything we have.
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