24 is over. I say again, “It’s over.”
Still, for those of you who miss it, you may appreciate reflecting on what it would be like to have Jack Bauer as your pastor. If you need help getting started, this post from Stephen Altrogge will jump-start your thinking.
The other day I was thinking, what if Jack Bauer became a Christian, and then suddenly felt a call to ministry?
What would his church be like? His counseling sessions? Here’s what I think it would be like…
- Counseling sessions would be fast. Really fast. Because he only has two minutes, and you better tell him what’s going on or he’s going to mash your knee with his oversized Bible.
- He would scream the word “now” a lot. As in, “Tell me why you were impatient with your wife. NOW!”
Great post Chris. Probably your best of the year. ; )
Jack would definitely be NANC Certified (www.nanc.org). He would definitely take confrontation to a new level. Also, I wonder about member retention and how that would go. He would either have a church with just a handful of loyal members who would do anything for him, or a congregation of a thousand because people who would not dare leave once they visited.
A single Sunday would last an entire season.
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” would be a very tame message in comparison to what Jack would preach.
Baptisms would be much more serious than in many baptist churches, because you would really have to be convinced about your need to be baptized because Jack would dunk you more than once and probably hold you under for several seconds at a time. Then each time he brings you up you would have to certainly repent of some new sin.
The church culture would be one where everyone is very trendy and where for ladies their makeup is always perfect and where nobody has hair troubles.
There would be no children.
Church fellowships would never happen because Jack doesn’t need to eat.
Giving would be up.
Sorry Chris. I realized later that this was a repost.
Shannon – – I appreciated your interaction – – even though the creativity was not mine.
Hum……I suspect the Beatitudes would read a wee bit differently if Jack Bauer were qualified for pastoral ministry ;->