I saw this article in the South Bend Tribune. While the topic of ‘church’ going into the bars has always been an interesting idea, I often wondered what it might “look” like. Well, here is what it could look like. Apparently this is working.

Perhaps it is true that people aren’t anti-God or anti-Jesus. They are simply anti-church. Some have been saying this for a while. Maybe if we get out of the church buildings, we might find some success with the ‘crowds.’

So, being a good UMC pastor, I have to ask, If a UMC was going to start such a ministry, where on the forms would you keep the statistics? After all, should we only keep the ‘count’ if they come into the church or, can we count them even if they showed up at a bar (not knowing something like “Theology on Tap” was going on)?