A Wake Up Call

In what The Way of the Master Radio is calling the biggest story this year in evangelicalism, Bill Hybels has openly confessed that the seeker-sensitive model of doing church is simply not working. In Hybels' own words:

"We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’ We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own."

The story is covered by Christianity Today and can be read here. Such news is encouraging to those who have been troubled by the shallowing of the modern church. However, upon listening to Hybel's confession, one only wonders if Bill should have taken the news more seriously. In the clip, he repeatedly mentions, rather tritely, that it "ruined his day." When thousands upon thousands of souls are on the line, Mr. Hybels, it should do more than simply "ruin your day."

The live audio of Hybel's confession provided by The Way of the Master Radio can be heard here.