I was talking with one of the owners of a local Christian radio station the other day, and in the conversation he mentioned a strategic planning session at his church in which the organization's leadership determined that Sunday morning services should not be designed for the un-churched. In other words, his church had decided to stop worrying about being "seeker friendly."

The reasoning, as he described it (and I now re-interpret it), is that the un-churched--whether Christian or not--are not going to be attracted to a service that is run by and for Christians. They shouldn't be. No matter how seeker friendly a service is, it's still foreign and awkward to an outsider. Rather, Sunday services should equip church members to go out and serve their neighbors.

I'm still not sure how this sits with me, but as a member of an extremely seeker-friendly church, I find it provocative and intriguing; my pastor didn't seem so intrigued. What would this mean for worship leaders? Well, if your church is like mine it means that we can go deeper, without fear of "scaring" anyone off. It also means we have even more of an obligation to teach our church community about worship and our connection to God.