Many churches today are faced with the prospect that their doors might close for good.  So, the effort then begins to "save" that work.  There are many steps a church needs to go through in order to revitalize a congregation.  But the first step a declining church must take is to ask themselves why they want to save "their" church.  

Because if our motives are self-centered, not God-centered, then we will fail to preserve a church that does what God designed the church to do.  

In this message, we look at three motivations for "saving" a church.