I never knew LifeChurch.tv was part of the Evangelical Covenant Church! Never heard of them? How about Jesus People, USA? Cornerstone Magazine? They are all one and the same.
The denomination is known as a bizarre, almost cultish outfit that caters to "modern" whatever "modern" is at the time. (They've been around since 1885.)
You can read about Cornerstone Magazine here Cornerstone Magazine
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Jesus People, USA here
JPUSA : Jesus People USA
This is strange stuff and explains a lot about LifeChurch.tv
They are also a big mover within the "Emerging Church" non-theology. In my opinion, and I come from a liberal religious tradition, they are truly on the borderline when it comes to biblical theology. They are criticized from the liberal tradition and the conservative evangelical tradition for all the same reasons, but mostly the simple fact that anything goes. They attack other churches in whisper campaigns and prop themselves up as some kind of one and only "true" church, straight from the Book of Acts. Sometimes, a ECC denominational church will be different - just to be different! Lots of preachers in the newer ECC churches wear jeans and open collar shirts (even t-shirts) while they preach. They don't do much of anything that could POSSIBLY offend a visitor, usually from the unchurched. So, the gospel is told with a spin that makes everything OKAY! No "doctrine" - that's just legalistic! Let it all hang out. Jesus should only come into your life and change you by making you (and this is important) a happier person. Not necessarily a better Christian in the biblical sense, but a person who is never confronted with their problems and always told they are a-okay, positive reinforcement all day, every day - and just keep the money flowing. Always, the money. All of this is fine, but to still call it a biblical "Christian" denomination? It defines the term "Cafeteria Christians."
Here's the denomination's big thing:
1. We are evangelical, but not exclusive;
2. We are biblical, but not doctrinaire;
3. We are congregational, but not independent;
4. We are traditional, but not rigid.
In other words, they might say, "We are whatever you want us to be and we won't ever say anything to dare make you feel uncomfortable." Those sermons Jesus gave with dire warnings? Nahhh.....that's old-fashioned stuff. Or, I'm sorry, "doctrinaire" and "rigid" - remember - we are "biblical" and, the funny one, "traditional" (yeah, right.) (See above 4 'values' of a ECC church)
Isn't it time we discuss the very odd and cultish denomination that LifeChurch.tv has latched on to? The denomination tries so hard to come across as just another evangelical denomination. They are FARRR from that!
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