
Change: When It Helps and When It Hurts Your Church
At the close of every season, wise leaders pause to reflect. They celebrate what’s been accomplished, identify what worked well,
What’s the biblical response to shrinking numbers? “Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23 is quite a command! It’s saying “Connect to the Community!”
Church is like throwing a ministry banquet and, of course, we’re expecting our congregation to attend. But like the parable, many have (poor) excuses for non-attendance and our pews aren’t full. Yet, right outside our doors we have thousands of people who have no interest in what we’re doing.
Sure, there are lots of reasons why. But don’t let it be because you haven’t invited them properly.
How can you tell if you’re not connected well with your community? Here are 3 scary key indicators:
At the close of every season, wise leaders pause to reflect. They celebrate what’s been accomplished, identify what worked well,
Every week families arrive at church. They walk through the main doors and head down familiar paths toward “their” seat.
When a legal expert asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” it followed the command to “love your neighbor as yourself.”
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