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Post by pitbull on Aug 31, 2008 7:22:48 GMT -5
10 REASONS WHY OUR CHURCHES STOPPED GROWING Proverbs 31:9 - "Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy."1. We built our churches around our schools rather than around our Sunday schools. 2. We lost our great commission emphasis. We organized soul winning, but neglected the Sunday school that fulfilled the great commission. 3. We used our Sunday schools as a maintenance tool rather than as an evangelistic tool. Both are important. 4. We started using our bus ministries as THE fast method of building attendance and overlooked the Sunday school as an equally important tool. 5. We left the philosophy of the small classroom and went to a modified service approach. 6. We built buildings with everything in mind except the Sunday school. 7. We lost sight of the importance of involving "laymen" in teaching and reaching ministries of our church. 8. Pastoral staff men failed to learn the skills needed to build adult Sunday school classes. 9. Our pastors turned the control of Sunday school over to "laymen" or less qualified staff members. 10. We placed most of our emphasis on other church programs at the expense of Sunday school. Our best workers were so busy building those ministries that they had nothing left to give.
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