GUEST POST ~ When The Church Becomes A Business
WHEN THE CHURCH BECOMES A BUSINESS
1) Pastors function like CEOs
2) Members are turned into customers
3) Other churches are seen as competitions
4) Evangelism is reduced to marketing
5) Church planting looks more like franchising.
6) Numbers are primary measure of success
7) Prayer and Word study are replaced by formulas
8) Revival is reduced to a few days fund-raising program
9) Preaching sounds more like motivational speech. All the people do is shout "I receive, Amen," throughout the concert. I mean the "service".
10) Praise and Worship is turned into a performance. The best actors are made the worship and praise leaders.
11) The Spirit of God is reduced to "emotionalism". No real power of God other than hypnosis and sensationalism.
12) The saints are entertained instead of equipped
13) Disciples of Christ have become papa's sons, daughters and fans.
14) The Church, a living Body has now become a lifeless body
15) A leader's empire is built instead of the Kingdom of God advanced
16) The pastor becomes the super man and Jesus Christ reduced to just another religious figure.
Does any one of these sound familiar in this generation? Beloved, if you are under these pattern of "Christianity" you are already in a cult, not the Church of Jesus Christ. Get out before it is too late!!!
THY KINGDOM COME
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From Ivan Gonzalez (Facebook)
Ivan Gonzalez
...responding to: "I agree with a lot of this. But some cultures/denominations value intellectualism in a way that is no less idolatrous than the worship of emotional worship."
Yes and yes. Is there a pathway out of this? Will it require sacrifice? A reset? Yes and yes!