A dead church is one of little to no divine love manifested. In the absence of this, God is missing since God is love. In the absence of divine love, there is then the rise of false doctrine among the people, first seen as faith apart from love. Faith becomes primary while divine love is finally forgotten or even recognized for what it is. This sometimes take generations, sometimes even less.

A happening church is one where love is primary since the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. From the presence of that divine love, the light shines on His own Word, giving light to the Truth, the Word of God. This can be said of a people who HATE a lie and every FALSE way.

Thus a happening church is led on from glory to glory. From glory to glory is accomplished by having the mind renewed and is "transformed (metamorphosis) into His own image.

This is accomplished by a church who loves the truth, loving not a lie by which they are at length given over to strong delusions, but rather are fervent in the Word of Truth and in good works, loving what the Lord Himself loves.