You Could Win a Harley...

I'm not quite sure where to put this in my mental filing cabinet. I know it's important to bring people to church, but have we sunk so low as to offer "prizes"? Read what I found on the Crossroads Church Website (hat tip to Church Marketing Sucks for the link).

For the next month and half we will embark on a journey we are calling Adventures in Friendship. Reaching out to our friends and neighbors is incredibly important and a core priority at crossroads. So in order to help build bridges to people we are going to be giving away a brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle. Here is how Adventures In Friendship works. If you are a first time guest at Crossroads over the next 8 weeks OR if you bring a first time guest during this time period, your name will be entered into the drawing to win the Harley. Then on May 22nd at our 6pm service we will draw the name of the winner. It could be you!"

I guess my biggest question is if the visitors who come will feel like they were nothing more than a chance to win a Harley. Sometimes the church uses the methods of our society to such a degree that it gets hard to tell the difference between the two.

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