{"id":14731,"date":"2013-09-25T06:16:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T10:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/?p=14731"},"modified":"2013-09-25T06:16:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T10:16:33","slug":"how-to-really-get-people-to-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2013\/09\/how-to-really-get-people-to-church\/","title":{"rendered":"how to really get people to church"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_14732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14732\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2013\/09\/how-to-really-get-people-to-church\/outreach\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14732\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14732\" title=\"outreach\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2013\/09\/outreach-550x534.jpg\" alt=\"how to really get people to church cartoon by nakedpastor david hayward\" width=\"550\" height=\"534\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHow To Really Get People To Church\u201d (drawing by nakedpastor David Hayward)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The church can tweak. Adjust. Shift. Evolve. Grow. Shrink.<\/p>\n<p>We can strategize. Use gimmicks. Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>But I believe a more fundamental transformation is upon us. It\u2019s not something we are in control of either. I personally believe it is going to look more like a death and resurrection. Which is why the church is resisting what is upon us so vehemently.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, who <em>wants<\/em> to die?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nakedpastor.etsy.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MY ART<\/a> is available!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church can tweak. Adjust. Shift. Evolve. Grow. Shrink. We can strategize. Use gimmicks. Appeal. But I believe a more fundamental transformation is upon us. It\u2019s not something we are in control of either. I personally believe it is going to look more like a death and resurrection. 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