[VeniVidiVici]

Saw this billboard while driving home and something really bothered me about it. I gave up on the Methodist church long ago so while the billboard doesn't surprise me, I'm curious as to what type of person they are actually after.

The billboard is generic as to church, but the one I saw ref'd the United Methodist Church.

The link above was mainly to give a little background on the billboard that I found on the net.

Any comments?

[Alex Murphy]

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

Closed Bibles. Empty pews.

[GarySpFc]

I left the UMC many years ago. I have a best friend who is a pastor and theologian in the church. Since I left I have learned there are liberal and conservative UMC churches. One almost has to visit to see the flavor. One UMC church in Kansas, The Church of the Resurrection, is one of the fastest growing in the country. One lady told me, "When you listen to Adam hamilton preaching it is almost as if he has been in the presence of Jesus."

[Alex Murphy]

How highly appropos that the UMC chose the image of a dandelion - a weed, aka a tare (Matthew 13:25-40) - to represent this message.

[Hillarys nightmare]

I was reared between the Methodist Church and the Church of Christ; but mainly in the Methodist Church. By the time I was 15, I had concluded that believing in God was like believing in Santa Claus: And was some what of an agnostic until I was 22 years old. I latter had a series of spiritual episodes which convinced me that God, unlike Santa Claus was indeed real. I accepted the Lord and have since been a believer.
I came to understand that just because you attend a "Church" means nothing to God, because being a Christian is not about being religious, but more about a relationship. Unfortunately I cannot credit either the UMC or the Church of Christ for my salvation experience, but I can credit a select few of sincere believers within those congregations who impacted me in ways I never realized until I was older. However, all of the Glory belongs to the Lord.

[Between the Lines]

Question: Isn't a wish just a prayer to another god? Perhaps the god of chance?

[mware]

I crossed the Tiber when they began with the slogan, "Open Hearts, Open Minds".

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Any comments?

Yeah, find someone else to bash.

[A.J.Armitage]

I'm curious as to what type of person they are actually after.

People who were deeply moved by the Tinker Bell scene in Peter Pan.

[TexasGreg]

Oh, for the love of pete ... it's what a load of nonsense.
Sometimes these ads are good ... but most of the time whatever marketing firm they used should be shot. And it makes me sick that my Apportionment dollars are going for crap like this. :(

Oh ... well ... thank God my congregation doesn't blow money on crud like that.