1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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- Megachurch Won’t Mention ‘Blood of Jesus’ on Easter Sunday Invitations
- A North Carolina megachurch says they will not mention words like Calvary, resurrection of phrases like “blood of Jesus” to promote Easter Sunday services.
- “I’m not going to say the word ‘Calvary,’ I’m not going to say the word ‘resurrection.’ I’m not going to say the ‘blood of Jesus.’ Right? I’m not going to say any of these words that makes someone feel like an outsider,” said Nikki Shearer, the digital content creator for Elevation Church. “This is really an important guiding principle.”
- Elevation Church is pastored by Steven Furtick and has more than 25,000 members attending at multiple locations across the state.
- Why not just be honest and upfront with people? Let them know what Easter is really about and why it’s important for them to hear the message?
- I mean at some point Elevation Church does present the Gospel message to their unchurched visitors, right? At some point the non-Christians are told about the resurrection of Christ, right? And at some point, the visitors are made aware that the “blood of Jesus” was the price that was paid for our sins, right?
- If not, the Elevation Church Easter service is nothing more than a self-help sermon…
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