Podcast Episode #239

We cover a recent blogpost on warning signs for dying churches.

Some highlights from today's episode include:

* These are signs of churches that are not just unhealthy but that are dying.

* If a church does not have strong theological roots, it's not really a church—it's a civic club.

* Unfortunately, good pastors and staff from all over are emotionally and verbally beaten up by church members.

* Criticism is the great distraction to the Great Commission.

* Most evangelistic churches in the past were program-based. The programs have since stopped.

* If something does not change, we could see nearly 100,000 close in the next 10 years.

* Is your church getting close to any of these markers of dying churches?

The five types of dying churches we cover today are:

* Those with shallow roots.

* Those that are self-entitled.

* Those that are negatively critical.

* Those that are ignorantly idolatrous.

* Those that are evangelistically anemic.

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Resources Mentioned in Today's Podcast

* Who Moved My Pulpit?

* Why Conservative Churches Are Growing

* I Am a Church Member