Affinity Based Churches (From the Archives!)

This episode is from November 27, 2017, on the original Rural Church Podcast. Listen in as a bit younger Eddie and Allen discuss the failure of the "affinity" and "attractional" based model of the local church. Here is the original episode description: "Cowboy Church, Biker Church, Outdoor Church, Race Car Church, Gamer Church, Hipster Church, and the list goes on and on and on. Is there anything wrong with the 'affinity' based church movement? Should churches seek to 'attract' people to their main gathering using something other than the gospel? On this week's episode, Eddie and Allen tackle these issues and show why the attraction and affinity-based church movement falls short of the New Testament model of the local church. This is an important discussion..."