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Stetzer on Missing the Mission: Looking for the Right Results While Loving the Wrong Things

- May 10, 2013 Leave a Comment

All churches love certain things. Some love fellowship, some worship, some prayer. Those are good loves. Some are neutral loves. Some are not. Other churches love their building, their history, or their strategy.

Those can be good or bad, depending on what we mean by love and how we value those things. But, some things churches love that hurt their mission and hinder their call. Here are three I’ve observed from my work with thousands of churches.

1. Too many churches love past culture more than their current context.

2. Too many churches love their comfort more than their mission.

3. Too many churches love their traditions more than their children.

Read the full post here.

Ed Stetzer is president of LifeWay Research and executive editor of Facts&Trends. Read his blog at edstetzer.com.

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