To merge the church with the amusement park seems like a really bad idea, but there’s a church in North Carolina that’s done it.
Do you get the impression that some churches don’t take the sacraments seriously anymore? That’s what happens when you conform to the world rather than being transformed by the word of God.
It shows a lack of respect.
All right, you’re not gonna believe this.
When St. Paul said, “Let all things be done decently and in good order” (I Corinthians 14:40), he probably was not thinking of anything like what’s going on at the Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
There they have installed a great big water slide, and you zoom down the chute into a pool to get baptized ( http://babylonbee.com/news/elevation-church-debuts-water-slide-baptismal/ ). The pastor might also squirt you with a super-squirter.
The idea is to get as many people baptized as quickly as possible.
Somebody’s church has more money than is good for it.
I mean, why don’t they just stand on the roof and throw water-balloons at the passersby below?
I’ve heard of “seeker-friendly” churches, but this is ridiculous.