{"id":41700,"date":"2013-12-23T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/local_paper_charleston_s-c-s_own_megachurch_matures_to_serve_community_and_\/"},"modified":"2013-12-23T17:00:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:00:38","slug":"local_paper_charleston_s-c-s_own_megachurch_matures_to_serve_community_and_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=41700","title":{"rendered":"(Local Paper) Charleston, S.C.&#39;s own megachurch matures to serve community and the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once dubbed the city&#8217;s &#8220;rock and roll church,&#8221; Seacoast remains a place where jeans are expected, pastors use iPads on stage and worshipping with a Starbucks in hand is the norm.<\/p>\n<p>But after 25 years, Seacoast pastors wrestle with a new dilemma: How do they welcome the unchurched while helping longtime members dig more deeply into their faith? For starters, they focus outward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not about you and me. It&#8217;s about Jesus and seeking and saving those who are lost,&#8221; founding pastor Greg Surratt says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/article\/20131222\/PC1204\/131229915\/1015\/charlestons-own-megachurch-matures-to-serve-community-and-the-world\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once dubbed the city&#8217;s &#8220;rock and roll church,&#8221; Seacoast remains a place where jeans are expected, pastors use iPads on stage and worshipping with a Starbucks in hand is the norm. But after 25 years, Seacoast pastors wrestle with a<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=41700\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,39,50,42,54,209,419,154,184,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-religion-news-commentary","category-south-carolina","category-americau-s-a","category-evangelicals","category-other-churches","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}