Are You Creating Consumers or Disciples: Church Reboot
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Interview with Kelvin Teamer contrasts consumer Christianity with true discipleship and urges prayer-and-fasting as the spark for Holy Spirit revival.
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Indicators of consumerism appear when preferences rule—pushback over style, dress, or timing—and attendance dips when Jesus’ tougher teachings are preached.
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Practical shifts include uniting around a shared definition of “disciple,” building a base of corporate prayer and fasting, and partnering to ignite Spirit-led growth.
We were never called to create consumers of church, but rather to make disciples of Jesus. What are some indicators that your church has become consumeristic? How does a church go from coddling its members to unleashing disciples? And what does revival look like in our time?
