Nov

To Tat or Not To Tat

By Chris

Ok, time for some fun around here! This one is an “all skate!” I know from the stats on this blog that there are a WHOLE BUNCH of you that are reading and not commenting, so jump on in!

You’ve heard of churches and conferences including live artists as part of their worship experiences, now Barton has brought our attention to a church that has used a live tattoo artist as part of their worship experience.

I’m curious as to where you all fall on this subject! Take this quick survey then leave a comment and let’s discuss!

Categories : Church, Culture

633CommentsTo+Tat+or+Not+To+Tat2008-11-17+09%3A09%3A16Chris Comments

benboles
November 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am

I've seen that a few churches have done a teaching series involving ink on stage during the message. I've seen and been present at churches that have artists on stage painting or doing other creative types of things on stage during teaching times. As someone with a tat, I don't have problems with with people who do or churches that use it as a creative element during their message. I think it could be distracting with the buzz from the needle and depending on who is getting the tattoo their facial expressions might be more interesting than the message. Not in a bad way but it's another gimmick, which we all use them or wish we did. It's a way to create buzz around your new series and to get people in the door, which are not bad things as long as we make the most out of every opportunity and not skimp on preaching the word of God.

You asked for our opinions, what's yours?

CoffeeWithChris
November 17th, 2008 at 11:39 am

Video reply: To Tat or Not To Tat?

benboles
November 17th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

how do you view you video reply?

CoffeeWithChris
November 17th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

For some odd reason, the play button from seesmic is floating all the way to the top of the page, near compassion banner in the upper left corner.

benboles
November 17th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Chris, I agree we shouldn't make a habit of using humans as a gimmick. Now I read the blogs of a few of the guys who have done this and I don't believe they used the person as the gimmick but that someone in church is getting a tattoo. I think these people who got tattoo's got what they wanted not some sermon or series graphic or church logo. But to say all that I think we need to watch how we exploit people for our own gain in any situation.

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