There has never been a greater time or higher need for innovation in the church. From digital opportunities to new approaches in church planting,
Talk with people who don’t attend church and brainstorm new ideas. It might be technology, your worship service, or your kid’s ministry, etc. What needs to be done to remain salt and light in your community?
6) Hindrances to Church Growth – Underdeveloped leaders
Without more and better leaders, your church can’t continue to grow. If your vision is big and bold, it requires more leaders to help realize that vision. These leaders need to be developed and empowered.
Your leaders need continued training, development and encouragement to keep rising to their potential as well as remain aligned with the vision of the church.
Here are a couple of posts that will help you develop your leaders:
7) Jesus is sidelined in all the busyness
At a theological level, it’s impossible for Jesus to be sidelined in any way.
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Colossians 1:15-18
And yet, it’s true that a church can become so busy with people, processes, programs, problems, etc. that Jesus is no longer the recognized head of the body and the established supremacy. When this happens, certainly unintentionally, we lose the Holy Spirit’s power that is needed for true spiritual change and subsequent growth.
Jesus must always be lifted up!
This article on hindrances to church growth originally appeared here, and is used by permission.
