Ed Stetzer was recently interviewed for the sub*text blog. Here is a snippet: Do you think suburban churches are selling out to consumerism instead of making disciples? If so, in what way? Of course. And so are urban and rural churches. Consumerism is the bane of our world, not the bane of the suburbs. People who think that there is not consumerism in the city have never lived in a real city. I lived among the poor and they want their needs met just like anyone else — that is not a suburban thing, that is a depravity thing. The difference is that in the suburbs people have the means to express their consumerism outwardly. So, your church, my church, and churches all over the world are selling out to consumerism instead of making disciples. That is why we need to keep preaching the gospel and calling people to the ideals of the missional church. We don’t want any church anywhere to see itself as simply a vendor of religious goods and services. But, that is what happens to churches that are unintentional about their mission. The suburbs just make it more obvious. Read the rest HERE>>