CHURCHES: CHANGES WE MUST MAKE OR DIE. NUMBER 7.
There is nothing I can add to these nine things Thom Rainer has posted. Nothing.
He writes —
Another church closed. This church had unbelievable potential. Indeed, it had its own “glory days,” but only for a season. But, 10 years ago, few would have predicted this church’s closure. Today, it is but another statistic in the ecclesiastical graveyard.
I know. We don’t compromise doctrine. I know. We must never say we will change God’s Word.
But many of our congregations must change. They must change or they will die.
— So here is his one of his nine suggestions —
We must abandon the entitlement mentality. Your church is not a country club where you pay dues to get your perks and privileges. It is a gospel outpost where you are to put yourself last. Don’t seek to get your way with the music, temperature, and length of sermons. Here is a simple guideline: Be willing to die for the sake of the gospel. That’s the opposite of the entitlement mentality.
Would realy like to like to hear the Church say AMEN on this one………..bill
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LOL and right there with ya, Bill!
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I’m with Bill, a hearty AMEN is due right now!
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