Comments on: Why Not a Campus in My Town? http://www.notwithoutyou.org/blog/why-not-a-campus-in-my-town Eagle Brook Church Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:23:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ali http://www.notwithoutyou.org/blog/why-not-a-campus-in-my-town/comment-page-1#comment-348 Ali Mon, 17 May 2010 23:26:10 +0000 http://www.notwithoutyou.org/?p=59#comment-348 Money doesn't help the helpless. PEOPLE help the helpless. Since you both agree that the christians in woodbury need to do more to help these people, then obviously the church they are going to isn't influencing them enough in this way. I am confident that Eagle brook WILL make more people in Woodbury aware of the needs of others and will motive them to do good with both there money and time. Throwing 30 million into the city does jack crap if there isn't anything there to sustain change. I think you both need to look at the bigger picture... By the way, have either of you been to eaglebrook? Check it out sometime, it will change your life. Money doesn’t help the helpless. PEOPLE help the helpless. Since you both agree that the christians in woodbury need to do more to help these people, then obviously the church they are going to isn’t influencing them enough in this way. I am confident that Eagle brook WILL make more people in Woodbury aware of the needs of others and will motive them to do good with both there money and time. Throwing 30 million into the city does jack crap if there isn’t anything there to sustain change. I think you both need to look at the bigger picture…

By the way, have either of you been to eaglebrook? Check it out sometime, it will change your life.

]]> By: David http://www.notwithoutyou.org/blog/why-not-a-campus-in-my-town/comment-page-1#comment-60 David Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:34:03 +0000 http://www.notwithoutyou.org/?p=59#comment-60 Exactly, I agree with Patrick. It seems like a very odd location to 'reach' new Christians. I think that if this campaign was really serious about that goal, then the focus would be on the inner-city where people have needs outside of just deciding whether or not to go to church. Think of what $30 million could do for those folks. The fact that Eagle Brook's justification for using expensive equipment is to "maintain relevance" within the community is just another way of saying that priority number one is making suburban people feel at home when they go to an expensive church. It's sad to know that that's more important than helping the needy. Eagle Brook could use a different perspective. Members should not just feel fine with throwing money at campaigns when they should be pushed to do something with their own hands. $30 million is way too much to take so lightly. Woodbury doesn't need more churches, but it needs more Christians actually doing something to help the helpless. Exactly, I agree with Patrick. It seems like a very odd location to ‘reach’ new Christians. I think that if this campaign was really serious about that goal, then the focus would be on the inner-city where people have needs outside of just deciding whether or not to go to church. Think of what $30 million could do for those folks. The fact that Eagle Brook’s justification for using expensive equipment is to “maintain relevance” within the community is just another way of saying that priority number one is making suburban people feel at home when they go to an expensive church. It’s sad to know that that’s more important than helping the needy. Eagle Brook could use a different perspective. Members should not just feel fine with throwing money at campaigns when they should be pushed to do something with their own hands. $30 million is way too much to take so lightly. Woodbury doesn’t need more churches, but it needs more Christians actually doing something to help the helpless.

]]> By: Patrick Doherty http://www.notwithoutyou.org/blog/why-not-a-campus-in-my-town/comment-page-1#comment-59 Patrick Doherty Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:39:01 +0000 http://www.notwithoutyou.org/?p=59#comment-59 Woodbury has a lot of churches. While people may travel to Eagle Brook for services from Woodbury it's not because there aren't good churches nearby already. Rather than being redundant, using twice as many resources to re-create what's already going on in Woodbury, why don't you either; partner with existing churches that already have a foundation in the community or encourage your members to find a good local congregation where they can serve? Starting yet another church that (in all likely-hood) will simply draw already churched people from their current homes seems pointless. Woodbury has a lot of churches. While people may travel to Eagle Brook for services from Woodbury it’s not because there aren’t good churches nearby already. Rather than being redundant, using twice as many resources to re-create what’s already going on in Woodbury, why don’t you either; partner with existing churches that already have a foundation in the community or encourage your members to find a good local congregation where they can serve?

Starting yet another church that (in all likely-hood) will simply draw already churched people from their current homes seems pointless.

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