Has the church lost its focus by trying to attract more followers through worldly means?

In this video, Toby Logsdon observes that many churches have resorted to pragmatic tactics, such as using entertainment and popular culture, to attract more people. He argues that this approach is flawed because it is based on the assumption that the things of this world can lead people to spiritual growth. Logsdon asserts that while such methods may initially draw crowds, they do not promote lasting commitment or spiritual growth, as people will only stay as long as they are entertained.

Logsdon further emphasizes that the mission of the church is not to seek numerical growth but spiritual growth. While it may be tempting to use gimmicks to attract a larger congregation, this approach often takes a one-size-fits-all methodology, which fails to consider the individual spiritual needs of each person. The church's mission is not to entertain but to make disciples, and that requires a personalized and sincere approach.

Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV): "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen."

The church has really been infiltrated with pragmatism and One of the things that you see is that churches, in order to attract people, have tried to appeal to the things that appeal to your average person. And so what you see is that the church starts copying the world. And before you know it, you have churches bringing in monster trucks to attract men, bringing in bodybuilders who can rip phone books in half and things like that to attract men. The problem with that, of course, is that what you save people with is what you save them to. If you draw them with entertainment, they're going to stick around as long as you entertain them, but they won't stick around any longer than that.

I told my church at one point that we were far more interested in spiritual growth than numerical growth. If we were all about numerical growth, which is what you see a lot of churches doing as they try to make disciples, you know, all we'd have to do is set up a high wire and a trapeze and we'll put a monkey up on it and people will come and see it. But that's not what we're about. That's not what the mission of the church is. The mission of the church is to make disciples.

So you can't slip into the ways of the world when you do that. You also can't take a one-size-fits-all approach, and I think a lot of churches do that. You know, they've got this program and that program, and they kind of try to walk you through all these programs. The problem is, you're assuming, or that methodology assumes, that everybody's in the same place and that the same programs are going to have the same effect on everybody. And what you