These insights to the local church were written by Pastor Tony Morgan a few weeks back. After reading through them a few times and giving some consideration I thought I would pass them on.
These insights will be helpful to my Pastor friends and colleagues and also to laity within the church, especially those individuals that are reluctant to change and more progressive models of ministry within the church.
When churches value keeping who they have over reaching people outside the church and outside the faith, their thinking, language and actions tend to look like this:
They program for people who already attend the church.
They create environments that assume only Christ-followers will be present.
They use insider language that’s confusing to people new to the church.
They assume any growth that happens will be initiated by a heart-change outside the church rather than one inside the church.
They never stop ministries because that might offend someone inside the church.
They are slow to do something new because it might offend someone inside the church.
They think it’s a choice between “going deeper” and “reaching the lost” when it’s actually both.
They choose personal preferences over potential ministry impact.
They make decisions based on who they’ll keep rather than who they’ll reach.
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