Jesus Creed � Willow’s Reveal Study

Have you been following the Willowcreek Community Church discussion regarding their Reveal Study? Essentially they admitted publicly their approach to discipleship has not been working, which has prompted a whole lot of pastors and other morons to jump on board and say, "See, I told you so ...." Scott McKnight has written a must read blog entry at Jesus Creed: Willow’s Reveal Study regarding these revelations. This I did not know: 3. To those who think Reveal is just a study of Willow, you need to listen more carefully. They have now studied — get this — more than 230 churches, more than 75,000 surveys, and studied churches all across the map. This doesn’t reveal just what is going on at Willow but what is going on all around the USA. 40% of the churches being studied are neither seeker-targeted nor seeker-sensitive. I'm a Willowcreek apologist. I've cussed out many a pastor who thoughtlessly attacked Willow and will continue to do so. Just one question for us all today: When was the last time we researched to find out if our discipleship methods were actually working? If you haven't heard about the Reveal study, check out the video here: Watch Greg Hawkins | REVEAL