{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: Honor Guests Enthusiastically and Belong Before You Believe","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2027,"description":"In this continuing series of looking at the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea turn their attention to values three and four: 3) Honor guests enthusiastically and 4) belong before you believe.\nTopics discussed in this episode:\n00:00 Intro\n03:20 Coming to church can be difficult. Knowing people are coming in feeling anxious, what do we want them to experience?\n05:32 Hospitality in the church.\n07:09 Honor guests enthusiastically: we care more about your experience than our own.\n10:16 What are some practical ways we try to honor guests enthusiastically?\n13:54 What does it \"cost\" us to pursue honoring guests?\n17:07 Belong before you believe. Probably our most misunderstood value.\n22:23 Is there an expiration date on how long someone can belong before they believe?\n24:01 You don't have to change anything about you to be around us.\n27:16 The dispositions, attitudes and mindsets that help live out this value well.\n29:19 Simple steps to take.\n30:41 Answering a different question: The fear of compromising the gospel to be a welcoming church.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}