Growing Your Church

Church growth preoccupies our minds. We are filled with lofty ideals and notions of grandeur of a small church growing into a mega-church. One could almost believe that everyone who cries ‘church growth, church growth’ shall enter the Kingdom of God. Fact it is the minority of Christians who are serious about expansion of the church through it’s growth.

You can tell that the majority of Christians in our churches are against church growth. Your church might be one that is against growing the church, based on how many of these characteristics you can identify in your body. Check the list below;

Identifying Christians Against Church Growth

1. They are the non-committed members who attend church service on Sunday only. They have better and more important things to do than spend too much time doing church related activities.
2. They do not contribute financially to the church. Without finances (and a responsible Stewardship ministry) the mission of the church will be stunted. Who cares?
3. They have no depth to their spirituality. It’s all surface. No time for prayer, personal devotions, Bible Study or regular attendance and active participation in worship or humble service. They are the seeds without roots….
4. They are cold and unfriendly toward visitors. They wonder why all these strange people are now coming to their church and not the other church down the road.
5. Even worse then # 4 they do not welcome persons of another race in their congregation.
6. They hate noisy kids in worship. Why can’t parents leave their kids at home so we can worship God in peace in quiet.
7. They are not part of any working/ministry group and do not see their service as ministry in the church. These are the so-called “volunteers” who can decide at whim to ‘volunteer’ or withhold their services.
8. They are hate and conflict mongers who thrive on discord in the fellowship. There is no time for the church to heal before there is another war brewing.
9. They think the youth are nothing but a bunch of nuisance. Why don’t we keep them in a separate service so they don’t disrupt worship with their awful music and ungodly worship styles.
10. They are a law unto themselves and will not submit to the authority of a pastor. They always want to have their own way and promote their own agenda.

Be sure you check your personal score first. Then check how your church scores. The point is to see if in subtle and not so subtle ways you have been retarding rather than promoting the growth of your church.

Peace,
Marvia

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