Two days ago I tweeted a quote from the Athens Church LDP book. It said “churches are not empty because they are propagating lies, they are empty because they are not helpful” The quote goes on to say “they are not helpful because they are not addressing real needs in an engaging manner.”
Here’s the critical question – is your information helpful? Think about that question long and hard. You might think sure it’s very helpful, it’s the Bible! But think about it again. Are you presenting your information to me in a way that is helpful?
You can preach at me for an hour…but if you are just preaching at me, you are just wasting your time and mine.
You can preach to me for 10 minutes or two hours in an engaging manner and explain how your information is helpful to you, me, and that other guy in my row who doesn’t even believe in God…and that could result in significant life change.
So why isn’t the church perceived as relevant?
1. Lazy leadership (the same message is preached or the same song is sung the same way, over and over again)
2. Fear – we are scared to change (people might leave…but it might be the best thing that could happen for your church)
3. Bad theology (come on!)
4. Dead architect (cars, houses, schools, and jobs…everything is built or done differently today than in the 1950′s. if the model that you do church in is from the 1950′s or even the 1990′s…it’s probably time for a change, a big change!)
5. Cheap (don’t rip me off with kool-aid that tastes like water)
So the challenge is…what are you going to do in your church to change things?
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