The problem with some christian institutions

November 21st, 2009 admin Location: Raleigh, NC, Topic: Web Design | Digital Media

Some times I can wonder why is it that some christian institutions and churches have such a difficult time connecting with people and making a true impact. My answer, these days seems to be : numbers. Some churches I have visited in the last 3 years have exactly the same thing in common. They are very concerned about numbers. The number of members. The number of baptisms. The number of visitors. The number of donations. The number of missionaries. The number of seats. The number of etc… Why are christian churches and institutions measuring their success based on numbers? Why would they measure their success in a way completely against the way Jesus himself did it. For anybody that has heard or read the bible at some point, they would know that Jesus was all about 12 disciples not thousands. He was concerned about showing his love and serving the people he met. He seems to be extremely concerned in contrasting outward religion with internal rebirth.

Would it be hard to measure their success by loving people? A successful church is one that shares the love of Christ with their people. An unsuccessful one is the one that has growing numbers in every category but they failed to love.

I understand that churches need money to survive and that they are accountable to God for the way they manage the money that God has trusted to them. But when a church decides to make any possible effort to push people through a funnel made by their own ambitions something is clearly wrong.

The moral of the story is this: When you are in business you are in the business of numbers. When you direct a church, you go against your natural understanding and don’t care about numbers.

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