I believe it should be good because it’s important. In the media saturated world we live, the church (and Christians) need to be taken seriously. This wont happen with the new generations unless they are perceived to be relevant.

Eye-candy will help set the tone of any type of message you want to get out there, so if you have the resources to bump your designs, I’d say its essential.

Some reasons where I think your reasoning falls down.

1. For most people, doing something to YOUR best, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s high quality or even good (regardless of what your mother thinks).

2. I think your ‘because God has called us to care’ is quite vague and can be taken well out of context. If I apply the same loose argument, I could say that God has called me to wear Armani suits every day.

3. Both your Cor and Ecc verses reflect what our personal attitude should be, but don’t say anything about ‘if you can’t do it, get someone who can’.

I think the problem with Churches is that most don’t see the intrinsic value of quality design, so very few will ever see the need to pay for or source it.

Others feel its a service that should be donated to the work of God, just like the guy that mows the lawn or the lady that plays the organ. Unfortunately a lot of churches just don’t have a professional designer at their disposal.