Here is a lovely title before the end of 2009. Sitting by the fire, reading your new favorite Twilight book, smoking a pipe, watching Cops on TV, trying to think of quirky comments to add to Facebook/Twitter profile, texting back a friend… when all of a sudden it hits you. That son of a (expletive) is a real (expletive, expletive, expletive). What is it about church people, are they born on Mars?

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I Hate Church is about society and education. We have decided to be the influence and therefore we know what influence is. We educate ourselves daily on tha next and what turns humans heads. This is not a game for us but a lifestyle. We have selected a few images to wet your appetite concerning your world.

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ESPRESSO PEOPLE ::: ESPRESSO

I anticipated starting off the day with a WIZARD LIST of 11 attributes for healthy churches and then decided who – was – I – kidding…. who really cares about 11 attributes… who really cares about a healthy church or THE NEXT CHURCH PLANT. Let’s talk about YOU + JESUS and a short black also called AN ESPRESSO!!

If you just peeled your eyelids and scraped the sleep out of your eyes then I suggest you have an espresso before we get moving. If you are already in your cubicle bored out of your mind then POW… PERFECT TIMING…. and of course if you are at home, listening to music in the background and simply clicking around the web for interesting stories….. THEN HERE YOU GO.

Let’s keep it plain and simple with Jesus. Toss out the “O Holy God” and repeating “Thank you Lord – Thank You Lord – Thank You Lord” every time you pray to Him. Think about how many times you say “Father God”, “Amen” and “Hallelujah”…. relate that to how you communicate with any of your friends or family. Do you get ALL HOLY WITH PERFECT VOICE INTONATIONS when you talk about the WEATHER, SPORTS OR WORK? Would sound something like this ::

Hey Bobby, Hallelujah, Thank you… so good to see you at work Brother in the Lord and faithful servant of the Lord…. O how blessed I am to have watched the Lakers … Amen…. Kobe was hallelujah …. well brother…. How majestic was thy sleep last night… so glorious, so glorious, so glorious…. what a game, what a game what a game what a game!!! ARE WE ON REPEAT :: ARE WE ON REPEAT ::

Jesus wants to HEAR YOU :: NOT SOME REGURGITATED prayer you heard your pastor or deacon in your church BLAST OFF about. He simply wants you, the good, the bad and the ugly. Now your saying but those people who pray seem to always acquire answered prayers. My response to that is… YES they may have some answered prayers but ARE YOU THEM?

:: CHALLENGE ::

Sit down and imagine what you would talk to Jesus about if he was sitting across from you sipping on an Espresso, or Latte, Mocha Frap, Machiatto or just drip coffee. He is looking at you, the steam from the coffee is rising and He is asking –YOU–, WHAT IS GOING ON? He is asking –YOU–, ARE YOU READY TO build His team? He is hanging out with –YOU– and completely interested in YOUR LIFE.

Are we praying to God in a SUPER HOLY way because we mirror many pulpits or leaders in our church? Do we pray this way because we think God will hear us better? Jesus clearly states to come unto me as little children and He will give you rest. Matthew 15:19

–Be You–

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Rich Wilkerson Jr. launched and leads The Rendezvous, which is a youth movement in Metro Miami affiliated with Trinity Church. He is one of the flyest Jesus Influencers I personally know and courageously mobilizes the Kingdom for Christ. Big thanks to him, his wife and their team for allowing him to share some thoughts… hope you are in_spired.

iHateChurch: What is your greatest tool in drawing 18-25 demographic?

RW: The greatest tool we have at the end of the day is the person of Jesus. More and more I realize that people love Jesus. They love what he was all about. However, the problem is with His followers (which is us).

Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most respected leaders of modern history. A Hindu, Ghandi nevertheless admired Jesus and often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount. Once when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Ghandi h e asked him, “Mr. Ghandi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?” Ghandi replied, “Oh, I don’t reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

Every week I am constantly trying my hardest to teach and preach Jesus while removing myself from the picture. If we can get people to Jesus He will do the rest. Every part of His life was absolutely amazing. From his obscure birth in an outhouse to the way he conducted his day to day relationships. Of course we must never forget for one second the price he paid on Calvary that we might be forgiven from our sins. The cross seems to be the central theme of the Bible.

This beautiful story of redemption, where we the undeserving one, received grace and mercy from the Holy one. While the cross is mind-boggling let us never forget the power20of Jesus’ resurrection. For it is there that we are given the opportunity to walk into the abundant life he so commonly talked about. Until we rest in the finality of the cross, we will never experience the reality of the resurrection. The greatest tool we have is to simply (I know it sounds elementary) preach Jesus. Believe me it more than enough!

iHateChurch: How do you and your team change the thinking of a generation who Hates Church?

RW: Through honesty and transparency. So much of this generation has seen all of the bizarre, cheesy, phony, fake christian stuff. I really believe this generation just wants the truth. It’s funny because the Bible says we shall know the truth and the truth will set us free. You see until Christ is Lord of your life you are living in captivity. You are living in bondage. Once he becomes Lord of your life you walk into a freedom you never knew existed. Freedom from sin, guilt, fear, insecurity, depression, worry… the list goes on and on.

This generation just wants the real thing. They simply want the truth. Good or bad, they want it. There is an old saying, “just fake it until you make it.” Yet, that doesn’t cut it with today’s crowd. They would rather you just be honest until you make it. For instance I have numerous times said to my leadership team, “Hey guys I think we should do this, but I really don’t know how to do it,” or “I feel like God is telling us to go there, but I’m not sure how to get there.” I feel like the old school way was to just act like you had all the answers, pretend that everything was perfect. In reality nothing is perfect. If today’s leaders can approach every situation with honesty and transparency I believe slowly but surely this generations negative outlook on the church will change.

We have 2 more Parts to the saga with Rich Wilkerson… Be ready for the jumpoff to continue

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Big support to my boy Drew Sumrall and LESEA Broadcasting in South Bend, Indiana. If you are a church or involved with young adults, generation y, generation x… Fantastic opportunity to kick it and support Christ.

David Crowder, Robbie Seay Band, Jeremy Camp, Ayiesha Woods, Hawk Nelson and many more. Keep it simple…. Support Christ.
++church communications++

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Album: leftrightleftright
Artist: Coldplay
Song: Fix You
Link: www.Coldplay.com

What are you doing with your life and how are you gaining momentum toward your vision or life goal?

+en_courage
+details
+creator

Lifebulbs flash in my mind on United Airlines’ Boeing 757-500, row 11 seat c. Hiccups of life smash on my windshield and automatic wipers quickly clear them away.

Does this mean those moments will never happen? Is this a smoke n mirror magic show or glimmers of faith?

I loaded my thoughts these past 4 hours with notions of serving others continuously, creating supersonic relationships. I was encouraged ++ to know my creator Jesus Christ is interested in the +details of my life.

The details and details and details and details of my life even when I find them inconsequential. Yes and yes ++

Special Thanks to my wife Chantelle, Erwin Mcmanus and Francis Chan who inserted a handy drive of information in my spirit. This canvas I call life… this life whispers… and whispers are reality.

+ Jesus can Fix You

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{PRAYER}
Happy Memorial Day to America’s troops. God I ask you today to protect them, comfort their families and bring as many home safely as we can afford. Americans: We would not be the United…. States of America without millions of gallons of blood spilled all over the earth’s surface. THANK YOU TROOPS

Toys R Us. from kwest on Vimeo.

{FUN}
Check out this video of the new CHURCH SHOES. This does not apply to all churches but for those of you in the target market of generation Y, Generation X… please take a look at what you are up against. So when a young cat walks up with some hot pink bottom skates on…. you know he is wearing Sunday’s best. Kanye is always good for a laugh.

Church culture is changing, Church marketing is upgraded and Jesus is more alive than ever. we can change those who say i Hate Church to i Love Jesus. it CAN happen.

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Here @i hate church we thrive on communication. The other night, our President held a correspondence dinner in Washington DC. Normally these dinners are dry, boring somewhat intense …. which is why we should take note of how President Obama addressed this occasion. He put on an amazing show, hilarious… which caused me to imagine….

We have an opportunity to cause Millenials, generation X Y and generation B to Love Jesus, to Love Church and change our community. We can influence the generation Y workforce… if President Obama could do it. …

Take a look at this video and think about how to communicate to others. Can we surprise people with our language? Can we make light of situations causing ears to listen? Jesus was a master at effective communication, how can we improve ours?

The President Gets Laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner from White House on Vimeo.

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As you sit on this Monday, let us balance our daily diet. I am listening to Derek Prince speak on “Repentence”, but am in need of Will Ferrell for a brief moment.

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