Somehow Wal-Mart provides what consumers want in a way that other businesses do not. In the same way, people will flock to the churches that are doing something right. We may want them to come to church out of loyalty. But ours is a consumer society, and people will go where they find what they want. Churches that keep doing everything the same old way it s always been done have a limited future.
Churches go out of business just like small businesses do.
Churches that will survive are those that recognize the need to provide for the real needs of the members. Only churches that can be flexible and quick on their feet will meet the challenges of our fast-paced, consumer society. Megachurches embody the consumerism, eclecticism, and the conservatism shaping the religious future. They are the evangelical answer to Home Depot. It is bad when we want faith as just another commodity.