Why is it hard to go back to church?
Hurt, unresolved, breeds cynicism. And there are so many cynical former church attenders who simply haven’t addressed their unresolved issues. Church is messy, flawed, disappointing and at times deeply hurtful, largely because people are messy, flawed, disappointing and at times deeply hurtful.
Why are there ten reasons to leave the church?
The “ten reasons” that follow are not necessarily in the order of importance or prevalence. This is the way they occurred to me, and the order seems right. 1. Wanting to stay small. “We like our church just the way it is now.”
Is the church made up of just a few people?
We’ve seen churches made up of just a few people and stymied by lack of vision and a devotion to the status quo. And here and there, we may encounter a preacher with the world on his heart and the wisdom of the ages on his lips; that, for my money, is a “big preacher.” But this is not about being such a preacher.
Why do small churches tend to stay small?
These are simply my observations as to why stagnant, ungrowing churches tend to stay that way. I send it forth hoping to plant some seed in the imagination of a pastor or other leader who will be used of the Lord to do great things in a small church.
Why are so many people not going to church?
Even in communities that are home to growing churches, the overall percentage of the population that attends church continues to drop, especially among under 30s. Recently, the Barna Group released a new survey citing (among others) five compelling reasons church attending continues to decline, particularly among Millennials (those 30 and under).
The “ten reasons” that follow are not necessarily in the order of importance or prevalence. This is the way they occurred to me, and the order seems right. 1. Wanting to stay small. “We like our church just the way it is now.”
Do you think you should never go to church again?
You will be majorly bummed. You should never go to church again because you aren’t supposed to go to church, you’re supposed to be the church. That doesn’t mean you should never gather with the rest of the church, it just means that the flawed thinking that you go to a church gets your whole theology of church off on the wrong foot.
These are simply my observations as to why stagnant, ungrowing churches tend to stay that way. I send it forth hoping to plant some seed in the imagination of a pastor or other leader who will be used of the Lord to do great things in a small church.
