Dear Christian Design Agencies,
Out of context: Reply #47
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- odinie0
It's a shame that all churches have gotten typecast into money hungry machines. The churches I've been to have advocated giving; not necessarily to them, but just in general. That could take the form of many things including giving to the church for it's expenses, but also to things like sponsoring children in impoverished nations, giving to homeless shelters, and building homes in other countries. I won't get into how those separate endeavors are conducted because I don't agree with the way in which a lot of it is done. A lot of (sane, modest) churches aren't the money hungry machines that we see on television. I do understand how people can feel that way about it though because all we see on TV are giant mega churches, and hear stories about people getting fooled into thinking that giving=salvation. To put it simply the Bible calls on us to give only if we feel compelled, and that God doesn't want is to give our money if we don't freely wish to part with it. I know this is a little off topic, but I just wanted to clarify that the point of many churches isn't trying to take all of your money.
As far as churches hiring Christian design firms, I can understand it, but I don't think it's necessary. I think your everyday atheist, or non-christian may be somewhat uncomfortable working with a church especially if they didn't believe in any number of things that religion stands for. I think working with someone who is on a similar wavelength is important with certain things like religion and politics where people have strong convictions about what they believe. A lot of Christian agencies probably like the feeling they get designing for their religion because to them they feel it serves God's purposes. The clients like it too because its probably a shorter learning curve, quicker connection, and they feel the designer has their (very personal, and sensitive) interests in mind. Although I must confess some ignorance, I am sure there are plenty of other specialty firms out there. For example if your design firm really specialized in the automotive industry, and was familiar with that industry's graphic vocabulary it would certainly make sense for a company like Toyota to use them. Whether or not that pushes design as a whole is a different matter, and probably explains why so many christian sites look similar (they are done by many of the same people).
Well, I'm tired of typing. You don't have to agree with me, but at least try to understand it from somebody who is a Christian. Some of us are pretty normal people, and not all about money.
- Oh and just FYI, I would never work at a "Christian" design firm. This is just how some people see it.odinie
- well said, I agree 100%.gramme
- you and gramme seem normal, that teleos dude seems like a tyrant.mrdobolina
- I really have no problem with christians as long as they arent always testifying. that drives me nuts.mrdobolina
- Amen.odinie