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Originally Posted by DEAK
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges of pastoring is using the current model of "church" to accomplish the call.
Too many just show up - and that is the level of their commitment. There are those that want to grow and those that want to take up space. It is a challenge to minister to both.
So many want you to think for them. I refuse to do it  .....
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I think that much of the commitment level issues are simply a consequence of the model.
A church model where hundreds drive from their homes to one location and sit while one man delivers the word to them from God would seem, in and of itself, to foster such a mindset.