{"id":277,"date":"2024-11-22T14:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2026-10-28T01:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:26:25","slug":"twenty-four-ways-to-not-be-a-strong-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-Four Ways to Not Be a Strong Congregation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twenty-Four Ways to Not Be a Strong Congregation<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Don\u2019t look for any substantial remedy for what has youth drop out of church life after confirmation.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Be satisfied that a prayer chain can take the place of God\u2019s expectation that all Christians be pray-ers.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Hold no prayer meetings.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Expect much from the pastor who is getting paid and little from the lay people.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Do not come to grips with all the challenges of youth growing up in this culture and all the influences, dangers and evil scheming they are dealing with.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Never address evil, the wiles of the devil and the need to put on continually the armor of God so one will be strong in the Lord.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Act as though Sunday School, VBS and confirmation will be sufficient to give the youth the Christian education they need.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Disregard what Luther saw that parents are the bishops, apostles and priests in their own families, their spiritual and temporal responsibilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Overlook what God expects of grandparents in passing on the faith.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Believe a ten or twelve minute sermon will be sufficient to feed the flock for the week.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. Be satisfied that a member is simply a member on the rolls and leave it at that.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. Focus on issues brought up by the media and what is in vogue at the time.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  13. Never identify the callings or ministries people have and what responsibilities those callings entail.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. Never preach sermons that apply the text to those specific responsibilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  15. Never develop a program that has all members prayed for daily by other members.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  16. Develop no training that equips parents and grandparents for their home ministries as mandated by Ephesians 4:11, 12.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  17. Do not return calls to people who call the church office.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  18. Never mobilize all the members to see themselves as having a vital part in building up the body of Christ.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  19. Have no one in the congregation be a responsible spiritual leader except the pastor.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  20. Never enroll and train people to be adult education leaders.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  21. In spite of scamming, Internet pornography, child molestation, defrauding, domestic violence, addictions, scheming, others taking advantage of vulnerable people, never address or provide wisdom for dealing with such.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  22. Don\u2019t address persecutions Christians are facing or will face or the cost of discipleship which calls a congregation to prepare the people as to how they will handle the attacks coming at them.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  23. Keep far in the background the reality of the wrath of God.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  24. Overlook the importance of rejoicing in the Lord always and giving thanks in all circumstances.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    See: <\/em><\/strong>www.adultssavingkids.org<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 612-708-1875\u00a0 We seek to provide what can aid in shifting some of these missing pieces into some workable solutions if a congregation is looking for\u00a0 resources or ways to build itself up as the body of Christ from where it is at.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Websites:\t    https:\/\/adultssavingkids.org<\/a> or https:\/\/parentsarise.org<\/a>
    Phone:\t\tCell: 612-708-1875 
    Email:\t\t    info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com<\/a>
    Address:\tAdults Saving Kids
    \t\t1810 11th Ave. South<\/strong>
    \t\tMinneapolis, MN  55404<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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