Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #2 Thou Shalt Not Change Anything!

A close second to “Thou Shalt Not Take Risks” is this one “Thou Shalt Not Change Anything.” I stated in my previous article that success is often a precursor to the fear of taking necessary risks (http://drthomreece.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/ten-commandments-for-church-failure-1-thou-shalt-not-take-risks/). Success intoxicates leaders into a belief that success will continue and is dependent on doing things the way [...]

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #1 Thou Shalt Not Take Risks

Last week I offered an introduction titled Ten Commandments for Church Failure (http://drthomreece.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/ten-commandments-for-church-failure/) . The first of the ten stated, “Thou shalt not take risks.” As a rule the longer a church has been established, the fewer risks the membership will take. Church plants begin with a bold dream of reaching people for Christ, and [...]

The Ten Commandments Cross

Next week I will continue my series on Ten Commandments for Church Failure (http://drthomreece.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/ten-commandments-for-church-failure/) with an article on the first one: Thou shalt not take risks. However, I was impressed to respond to a controversial concept from the emergent church movement that tends to reject traditional church structures including membership. I recently read and commented [...]

Ten Commandments for Church Failure

What I offer are not The Ten Commandments for Church Failure, but indeed if your church leadership “religiously” does the ten things herein, your church will fail. In fact if your church does just one or two of these commandments, your church will most likely close her doors for the last time–before Jesus returns. I [...]

Marriage Coaching

During the last nine days, I have visited with my daughter’s family and had a good time, especially with two grandsons. I mistakenly thought I would get some writing done during the visit, but was not as productive as I expected. I am sure I forgot the busyness and business of daily family life with [...]