Mark Dever has written a wonderful book called, 9 Marks of a Healthy Church, which has been a gift to the body of Christ seeking to becoming a growing congregation. Kevin DeYoung has written in a recent post, 9 Marks of an Unhealthy Church. Those 9 marks are:
1. The more peripheral the sermon topic, the more excited the people become.
2. The church staff does not enjoy coming to work.
3. The pastor and his wife do not get along.
4. Almost no one knows where the money goes.
5. The leadership team never changes or always changes.
6. No one is ever raised up from the church for pastoral ministry or sent from the church into missionary service.
7. There is a bottle neck in decision making.
8. The preaching has become erratic.
9. There are issues everyone knows about but no one talks about openly.
I am sure you can identify one of these areas to a church you have been involved with or currently attending. I know for me, I can identify a few.
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