Gospel and megachurch II
Gordon Cheng / 14th May 2006
/ The ones they wouldn't publish!
Chastened by my friend, I did try to tone down the smugness quotient with this one. As the letters editor still decided to bin it, I thought I'd share the humiliation with CHN watchers...
Dear editor,
Given that most Christians in Sydney and in the world are not members of megachurches (“Recipe bringing youth back to church”, SMH Feb 28), it's possible that the popularity of these megaliths has been overstated.
What really counts, however, is not whether a megachurch can generate “event bigness”, as they say. More important is whether they reflect in themselves the suffering and dying Christ, and his deliberate choice of poverty for our sake.
Yours etc...