At least thats how I feel.  For years My family and I have attended small congregations (25-100 members) and have loved it.  I have always believed that a small church by nature is a true church, the lowlier the better.  My theory was that if the service was not entertaining, the pews were not comfortable, and food was not being served that only the True Believers would come.  I was sure that this was the only way to be sure they were coming for the right reasons.  I thought that if a church was big, they had watered down the message and were missing the mark. 

This reasoning carried over into the men’s ministry I have recently been involved with.   In the beginning we had just two people show, myself included.  Over the months I tried food, encouraging emails, slide shows and energetic pleas in front of the congregations and still no men would come.  I vowed not to get discouraged, believing that this was just the sifting process that takes place in all ministries.  After time, I got discouraged and stopped going. 

For the past two weeks I have attended a local Mega-church…and I liked it.  It’s big, it’s shiny, and it has an aroma thats a combination of new carpet and fresh espresso.  I sit with glee, laced with a little guilt, laughing at the drama ministry skit and staring up at the jumbo-tron sized face of the preacher.  Worship music is awesome and the children’s facilities are top notch.  I look around at the mostly white, upper middle class, suburban crowd and wonder if they are here for the right reasons…am I for that matter? 

 Not sure how to feel just yet.  I havent attended any of the ministry meetings yet, I am having  trouble narrowing down the selection!  I will post updates when I know where I stand.  God bless, HOLYROLLER.  

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