7. My people would never support that …
Well, pastor, maybe if they weren’t “your people,” they’d be more willing to be “God’s people.” He has ways you can’t even imagine of leading His people to do His will.
8. I can’t.
Not with that attitude, but one question: Where is your faith?
9. This is the best we can do.
Are you sure? Is that your opinion or God’s? Sounds like a dangerous paradigm to me.
10. We have plateaued as a church.
Really? You may have quit growing, but plateaued? The word means leveled out. That indicates you’re stable.
In my experience, you’re either going forward … or going backwards. Standing still is usually not an option.
Those are just some of the dangerous church paradigms I’ve observed. You’ve seen far more, I’m sure.
Do you know of any other dangerous church paradigms?
