In a book I am reading by Bill Hull, titled ‘Choose the Life’, he raises an interesting question in Chapter 1. His church was adding 83 new members and this is what he asked, ‘Why should we bring eighty-three new people into something that it is not working?’ Many who read this may not think this church wasn’t working.
Hull continues, “Where was the personal transformation (Italics added) after all the effort we put into weekend services, Bible studies, small groups, and outreach events?...We were not seeing people come to Christ in any significant number and people’s lives seemed to be the same. We were stuck in the same rut in which so many churches find themselves – religious activity without transformation. We were doing things right, but there was little movement from the Spirit”.
I know I have thought a lot about transformation and this is a topic that has been discussed at some leadership meetings that I have attended.
I have expressed my view, to staff members at our church that unless the discussion about transformation and what is required comes from the Senior Pastor then the Home Team Leaders and those who attend the church won’t see the need for transformation or know what to do to accomplish it.
Hull continues by stating that, ‘the solution to the general weakness in the affluent church in the West is spiritual depth’. Further he states that, ‘This need for depth must begin with the church’s leaders’.
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Interesting thoughts? Do you reccomend the book?
I am going to add some more posts aqbout what I like about the book and what I have learned from it.
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