Ok, now i have seen one of the most ridiculous things around regarding getting people into church. I read a news report that told about a church in Georgia that put up a sign advertising free gas!
Seems that each time someone “visits” their church they get a free raffle ticket with the opportunity to “win” one of two $500 gas cards. What is this…elementary school where we have to bribe people to sit in a church service? This is a sad state of affairs when people don’t attend church for their spiritual well-being…but for some kind of a bribe.
Are there not better ways to impact a community spiritually than using gas cards to draw them into the church to hear the word of God? What do you think about this practice of bribing people to step into a church?
Write where you are 
its not my thing, but if it gets people in the house, to hear about their need spiritually and someone is impacted by it, well i guess you know the tree by the fruit? Have you talked to the people who do it to see what the effects were?
What might be better is to take the money that you may spend on that find a good project to help someone in need and reach out to them with your faith. Just a thought.
Thanks
David
There time, money and effort would be better spent if they put gas into a church van or bus and volunteer to pick-up those who want to attend worship services.
Darlene
This just confirms that the church as an institution is losing it’s relevance at a fast pace. I do want the best for this church, but I hope this gimick fails miserably so that they can regain God’s vision of who the church is called to be in our culture.
They should give those gas cards to single mothers in their community who are working their butts off to keep their families together.