no superbowl viewing at church (bars ok though)
the angle of Get Religion intrigues me,
perhaps the church needs to counter the culture and resume services at the same time as stuff on TV.
Depending on how you want to interpret the 4th (or 3rd if you’re Catholic, Lutheran or New Church) Commandment, watching professional football on Sunday is not exactly keeping it holy. For a church to sponsor a mass viewing 50 years ago would have been unheard of. Alas, times have changed, and yes, I will be watching the game Sunday.
The Indianapolis Star seems to have broken this story Thursday with an article about how a local Baptist church was told that it was improper to show the game on the big screen. The paper told residents a week ago that there would be no mass viewing of the game at the Colts’ downtown stadium, the RCA Dome, due to the copyright law (the significant road games of local basketball teams are frequently shown at the local facility), but apparently churches around the country were unaware...
perhaps the church needs to counter the culture and resume services at the same time as stuff on TV.
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In the first place, the whole concept of controlling what goes on in a church is astonishing.
But I like your idea best, anyway.