Rethinking 'Rethink Church,' pt. 1

Have you seen this commercial?


Or these?








These are a little older, but check them out anyway:




I'd love to get your initial thoughts on any or all of these ads. What do you think the main message of these videos is? If you were (or are) not a Christian, what would you say the point of going to church is, based on these ads? If you are a Christian, what do these ads say to you?

I sat in a workshop this past weekend that presented the United Methodist Church's new "Rethink Church" campaign. We watched some of these videos and discussed what it would look like for our churches to change the way we "do" church to be more outwardly-focused. I think there are some positive aspects of this message (a point on which I will ellaborate in a future post), but something is bugging me big time as well. Let me know what you think it is!