It could prompt a second service, he said. The Gospel doesn't change, but where we are sending it does. It's not even an issue of keeping up with culture. It's an issue of meeting people's needs. Nearly five years ago, Mark Driscoll, then the college pastor at Antioch Bible College, was seeing a similar trend in Seattle, considered by many to be the grunge capital of the United States.
Statistics also show it's the least churched state in the country.
Felt called to the city, Driscoll said young adults were left in the backdraft as young married couples flocked to the suburbs to raise their families. But the models we saw weren't reaching the people they were trying to reach. While the tinkering has been challenging and the evolution consistent, the pastors said there is no choice. Christ commands his people to reach the lost and disciple the saved. Figuring where to start, though, isn't always as clear-cut.