I’ve been in the CCR for two decades. I used to want a Catholic version of the megachurch model, but I’ve done a complete 180. There are things we can learn from them, but we’re not meant to copy their spectacle.
Give me an old, small neighborhood size church with beautiful wood and stained glass windows and the smell of candles and vaguely of incense. That’s a church to me, where people know each other and a sense of community exists. And let’s not forget an orthodox priest. I could sit there for hours and pray in the beauty and silence.
How did 10,000 members get to be a mega-church? That should be a kilo-church. And the Catholic Church would be a giga-church.
Haha that’s 10,000 people at one location
although my Protestant friend in high school did refer to my Catholic parish as a megachurch
Her evangelical church had 50 people lol
Born and raised in the mega church Protestant world.
The problem with the show is the principle that says, “what you use to get them you have to sustain to keep them”.
So experiences changed based on current cultural trends.
After 3 decades of this, Protestant churches are shifting their style back to localized smaller bodies with less “show”.
It’s unfortunate the Catholic Church is 30 years behind Protestant movement in learning this lesson.
I’ve been in the CCR for two decades. I used to want a Catholic version of the megachurch model, but I’ve done a complete 180. There are things we can learn from them, but we’re not meant to copy their spectacle.
Give me an old, small neighborhood size church with beautiful wood and stained glass windows and the smell of candles and vaguely of incense. That’s a church to me, where people know each other and a sense of community exists. And let’s not forget an orthodox priest. I could sit there for hours and pray in the beauty and silence.