There's a personal pet peeve that our social media focused culture keeps in the forefront of how many of us are used to doing church. It's when churches use advertising to promote themselves. I don't mean when we announce our activities online or in print. I mean when we take what we've seen and heard from commercials and try to impress upon people how good we are. In a sense, we're trying to sell our church.
I'm thinking about that today for a good reason. Romans 15:17 says, "So in Christ Jesus I brag about things that have to do with God." Now, we might assume everything we do as a church has to do with God. If only that would always be true.
Many times, we're focused on what we want to do and how we want to do it. We may not even recognize how we're even focused on certain kind of people when we promote ourselves.
As churches, maybe we can learn to be better reminder-ers than sellers. That is, let's constantly remind each other of what God's grace is and what it looks like within our community. Remind one another of the hope Christ has given us, and of the truth we have in Jesus. There's nothing in there you have to sell to anyone. In fact, that's all something you experience. 
Think about how your church communicates itself. Is it selling who you are or bragging on Christ? If we're going to boast, let's boast on Jesus. Not our signage. Not our programs. Not our vibes. We can be grateful for those things, but we do not have to claim, promote, advertise, or compete. Our credibility comes from what Christ is doing in our lives.
Stay blessed...john | 
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