Signs That Your Church Needs Help!

I saw a great article on the 15 signs that your business might suck. Click HERE to check it out.

It sparked off a few ideas in my head about the church and leadership… so here is me giving it a go.

1. You can’t remember when the last salvation response was made.

Jesus said His mission was to seek and save the lost. He left us with a mandate to win the world by making disciples. Enough said.

2. Your baptismal font is dusty and hasn’t seen water for a long time.

Dito from the above.

3. If you’re not there things fall to pieces in the service.

This is a sign of no or weak delegation. We become leaders by doing. But as we rise in leadership we need to empower others to do the work of ministry. (Eph 4:11-12)

4. Its Kumbaya Town

Its easy for a church to turn inward and become a holy huddle. But we need to be reaching out. A rule of thumb for a growing church is that you need a minimum of 5 guests out of 100 in the service.

5. There is no process.

What is the next step you want people to take. If you haven’t figured this out, how can you expect your people to have it figured out?

6. Your service is… (yawn)… predictable.

Every church ends up with liturgy. Liturgy is not in and of itself a bad thing. The problem arises when the liturgy is so predictable, boring and lifeless!  There should be a sense of life and expectation in your service. Are there ever any unexpected moments? This takes time to prepare (this may sound contradictory)!

7. ‘The church…’ and not ‘My church…’

You can tell people’s ownership in a church by how they speak about it. Do people talk about their church? Listen to people’s language… it’s quite revealing!

Those were a few of my thoughts. I’d love to hear some of yours! Please leave a comment and share yours!

~ by clivesmit on 05/07/2010.