“It’s a stretch to call Willow Creek a church.”
Really? Why’s that?
there are numerous reasons to show that Willow Creek is not a Christian church. The primary one is that their “model” is to use worldly, secular methods to get people to come to the church. MARKETING is one of their biggest strategies.
But Jesus told us about the wheat and the tares. He said there will be tares that look just like the wheat. Tares = unbelievers; they will look and even act like believers. But at the end of the age they will be ripped out and thrown into the fire. (see Matt 13:24 and following)
Hope that answers your concern.
“There are numerous reasons to show that Willow Creek is not a Christian church. The primary one is that their “model” is to use worldly, secular methods to get people to come to the church. MARKETING is one of their biggest strategies.”
Actually, the primary reason new folks attend is that they were invited.
Declaring them as a non-christian church is frankly, ignorant.