The Stealer-Sensitive Church

| By Scott McClellan | Found in Design, The Web | 9 Comments

Did you hear the story about Kinetic Church in Charlotte, NC? A few weeks ago, a thief stole a trailer containing 75% of the church’s equipment. Obviously, the church body took the loss hard. But what’s interesting are the ways in which Kinetic Church responded through both old media (these billboards) and new media (the YouTube video below). What do you think about Kinetic Church’s campaign to communicate with the person or persons who have done them harm?

Update: In a coincidental turn of events, Church Marketing Sucks posted about this same story this morning. Check out Joshua Cody’s take over at CMS.

  • http://www.terracecrawford.com Terrace Crawford

    I applaud them. What a grand opportunity to speak to the community. I’m sure it will be difficult to operate without their normal resources but God will provide and they have the community’s ear – which is most important.

    By the way, LOVED the title – I hope you don’t mind me “stealing” it. :-O

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  • http://matman42.blogspot.com Matt

    That’s wonderful. Indescribably wonderful.

  • http://coffeewithchris.com Chris S.

    These guys are having a much bigger impact than just with the theif(s). My brother lives down in Charlotte, does not follow Christ, and was super impressed by the new interview the pastor did and how he just wants to take the dude out to eat with no strings attached. Awesome stuff.

  • http://estherofelgin.blogspot.com Lex

    I’m with everyone. Nice video. Good hearts. *applause* … but weirded out by the floating-head-look to the clip. If I could just miss the big picture for a moment … it’s annoying.

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  • Mona Maynard

    Wow! This is what Jesus would do. A radical witness. Praise God.

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