7 Reasons to Stop Staring In Your Church’s Rear-View Mirror

What do all these quotes have in common?

• “People have stopped singing in church. We need to use hymnbooks again.”
• “No one wants solid bible teaching anymore.”
• “People used to have respect for God’s house. Now they show up late with a coffee in their hand, like they just rolled out of bed.”
• “The church started collapsing when we stopped holding Sunday evening evangelistic services.”
• “Pastors in this day and age aren’t preachers, they’re entertainers.”

All those quotes have two things in common. Three, actually.

First, they were all said or written by fellow ministers recently.

Second, they’re all backwards-looking.

Third, none of them are true! Keep reading

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