I’ve mentioned it before here on FR on various threads, but my brother attends a mega church here in Illinois called Willow Creek. They are not allowed to mention the word “sin” as it may turn off their patrons “ie costumers” , they are all “pro choice”, the church is closed on Christmas, and they’ve had Bill Clinton out there several times as a guest speaker (and Dick Durban as well). This church is MASSIVE. The cops have to direct traffic on Sundays. I mean MASSIVE as in more parking then the Allstate Arena or Soldier Field, and the lot is full on Sundays.
They get bands there, entertainment, etc, but don’t mention the word “sin”.
Willow Creek is mentioned in the article. We’ve got a church kind of like that where I live but not so political. Several campuses; a thousand teens every Wednesday night; endless programs. They seem to hide the fact that they are Southern Baptists and give almost nothing to support any other Baptist organizations. We visited on Easter with some friends and in addition to one of the worst, most vacant sermons I’ve ever heard on any Sunday there was nothing I would call worship.