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Sep 13, 2016 · Of the roughly 30 people who attended the workshop, many resisted the notion that financially supporting a church is a transactional experience akin to purchasing a latte. But others said that is exactly how some Anglicans think about it. The Rev. Carl Fraser, of the diocese of Nova Scotia, said that in one parish where he served, parishioners ...
- André Forget
- The Gruen Effect
- The Pastor Gruen Effect?
- But Is It Sustainable?
- Thoughts?
The Gruen effect is what happens whenever a person goes into a shopping mall and is overwhelmed by the sights and sounds and atmosphere and…they forget they were there for just one thing and become open to buying more things. It’s named after the creator of the first shopping mall–here’s how it came about: Many of us can attest to the Gruen effect....
Come to think of it, I’ve felt that way whenever I walk into the foyer of a megachurch. I see the bookstore, the welcome center, the greeters with great hair, the live or streaming music over the air, the upper balcony with people looking down at the crowds, the themed hallways for different ages…it’s the same sense of disorientation when I walk in...
I’m not sure this Effect is sustainable in both shopping malls and megachurches–and if it isn’t, it has serious consequencesfor the Church. 1. Shopping malls are filled with corporate brands and chains. People these days have more suspicion of homogenous corporate giants, and we start to see that with offbrand efforts to disassociate an individual ...
Thanks for reading and commenting–what other parallels are there between shopping malls and megachurches, or a church of any size?
Sep 25, 2019 · The decision to take over a former shopping mall and surrounding buildings, which comes in at around 500,000 square feet, m ade sense to the church's leadership for a number of reasons. The ...
May 20, 2016 · Their architecture often mimics that of warehouses, shopping malls, or dome-shaped stadiums. Sometimes, the only thing distinguishing a megachurch from a defunct K-Mart is a spindly cross on its ...
- Carey Dunne
May 22, 2019 · Fundamentally, the mall, like the church, is still important because of its ability to bring us out and bring us together IRL (in real life), as it’s said in online parlance. The mall as cathedral In his 2009 book Desiring the Kingdom , James K. A. Smith draws out the formative power of spaces and liturgies by describing a shopping mall in uniquely religious terms.
Jan 31, 2011 · Modern Mall Could Be a Temple. January 31, 2011. The first plenary speaker at the annual Calvin Worship Sympoisum on Friday likened modern shopping malls to secular models of a temple, or a holy place where people worship. The speaker was Jamie A.K. Smith, a Calvin College philosopher who challenged worship leaders "to raise the stakes" in the ...
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May 5, 2020 · Are churches behaving like malls in the age of Amazon, just hoping for people to shop again? 1. WHILE IN-PERSON GATHERINGS CAN DO THINGS ONLINE CAN’T, THE REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE. There is no substitute for certain things that can only happen in person…and in many ways, no one should be able to out-relationship the local church.
