Comments on: http://writeaboutnowjt.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/447/ Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jem http://writeaboutnowjt.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-259 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:26:00 +0000 http://writeaboutnow.christianstandard.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-259 The NACC was for decades promoted as a family convention – Dad, Mom and the kids. Then its leadership changed; so did the direction. It was sold as “leeedurship” meeting. Now “leeedurs” have many more options of other conventions to attend during the year. And, they do.
On Friday AM Bob Russell lamented the leadership vacuum of 3 or so decades ago. The “good ole boys” ran it for too long. Bob did not preach there until he was 41.
Those empty seats at recent NACCs were supposed to be filled by:
1….the impact the development the youth ministry’s “invention” in the late “50s and ’60s was to have. Where are those public school-aged kids of yesteryear?
2…the impact of the Christian service camp’s “invention” which those babysi…er, youth ministers brought about. Where is the impact of those school-aged kids of yesteryear?
3….the impact of the generation of that same time who were sent off to bible college for “just one year”. Where are those college students of yesteryear?
4….the impact of the campus ministry’s “invention” of the ’60s and ’70s. Where are those university students?
5….the impact of those pewsitters who came to audience for the “good ole boys”? That’s an easy one: most of them have made their trip to the mortuary.
My family attends the NACC now unto the 4th generation- at $175 registration. But, last fall my wife and I attended the Nat’l Missionary Convention – for $10 registration. It is such an humble and larger group of people. More displays; higher quality sessions, on the whole; the same excellent preaching; and, a palpable feeling of seriousness.
There is becoming a difference and not a good one for the longevity of the NACC…

]]> By: Anonymous http://writeaboutnowjt.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-257 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:11:00 +0000 http://writeaboutnow.christianstandard.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-257 There are numerous seminars that the leader’s can choose from. Some of them are less expensive, and closer to the home church.

Plus being in heat and humidity of the south or midwest during the summer is not fun for most people.

Just some thoughts

]]> By: Jen http://writeaboutnowjt.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-256 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:42:00 +0000 http://writeaboutnow.christianstandard.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-256 I think your perception is correct; although anyone is welcome, the workshops and other sessions seem geared to the volunteer and staff leadership of the local church. That’s an intentional direction, and one I agree with. However, not even the leaders (however you want to define that) are attending anymore–thus the low numbers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://writeaboutnowjt.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-255 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:31:00 +0000 http://writeaboutnow.christianstandard.com/2007/07/06/447/#comment-255 The connection you feel at the NACC is fun and heart warming to read about. I love those kinds of reunions. As I read about the declining attendance I felt a little sad too. However, as a life time member of an Independent Christian Church, I think back to when I was a “kid” and only the families who held some sort of leadership role in our congregation were the people who went to the NACC. Even still, of the Independent Christian Churches I have attended since I was kid, I do not recall ever being encouraged by the church to attend the NACC except for the one year it was at my church. To me it has always appeared as something for the elders and pastors and not really for the church body. This may just be my twisted perception. However, if this is not just my perception, this may be one reason that there is a declining number of attendees?

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