Post by Greg on Sept 28, 2017 10:26:59 GMT -5
Our problem is not churches that attract other Christians. Other Christians are the low hanging fruit. Our problem is that we cannot even get that low hanging fruit.
If a leader cannot keep ready-made Christians, there is no way in the world he or she will be able to attract and keep a secular person.
Already churched people change churches for all kinds of reasons. They are church shopping. If they visit your church and not many of them decide to stay, you won't be attracting or keeping unchurched ones either.
Case in point. I am a big Tim Keller fan. I don't think he has ever preached a sermon or written a book I haven't read, regardless of the fact that his sermons have rarely ministered to me. But he knows how to connect with the unchurched unlike anyone I know. So I am a part of his world. Not because he caters to me, but because I like his mission and I want to join him in it. In a way, I am an extension of his ministry. In the same way, if already Christians are not inspired and wanting to join what you as a leader are doing, you probably aren't doing it.
If a leader cannot keep ready-made Christians, there is no way in the world he or she will be able to attract and keep a secular person.
Already churched people change churches for all kinds of reasons. They are church shopping. If they visit your church and not many of them decide to stay, you won't be attracting or keeping unchurched ones either.
Case in point. I am a big Tim Keller fan. I don't think he has ever preached a sermon or written a book I haven't read, regardless of the fact that his sermons have rarely ministered to me. But he knows how to connect with the unchurched unlike anyone I know. So I am a part of his world. Not because he caters to me, but because I like his mission and I want to join him in it. In a way, I am an extension of his ministry. In the same way, if already Christians are not inspired and wanting to join what you as a leader are doing, you probably aren't doing it.
