#0 – INTRODUCTION
NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK!!
Our church sanctuary has the best sound system money can by. The new projection system we installed not long ago, is the largest High-Definition wall-sized screen in town. Our church's rock and roll band makes the lights flicker when they play loud. Our Sunday school classes, up through primaries, are fed a full breakfast while watching video animations of popular bible characters.
The two church deacons we sent to the state church growth seminar came back with a few techniques to try, but had little confidence in their success. These were the same deacons that pressured our pastor to quit using words like sin, responsibility, lordship, conviction, confession, and repentance.
I wonder if anyone noticed the newly printed offering envelopes no longer have the "MISSIONS____" choice.
Though our pastor's name appears on the church sign out front, the real power actually comes from the pews, yours and mine. Instead of spending heavy sums of church money, the answer, with clear guarantees, involves tears, sacrifice, and dependence on scriptural truths rightly taught and trusted.
Keep reading to see how each person; age or gender, can reap the blessings of faithful service to the rest of the church family. [~]
Keep reading to see how each person; age or gender, can reap the blessings of faithful service to the rest of the church family. [~]
