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Re: What is a "Dead" church?
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Originally Posted by Aquila
I often hear of churches being "dead". What constitutes a dead service or a dead church?
Are the standards by which we judge a church as being alive biblical?
Just a few questions I have.
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When I think of "dead" church, as in a "dead" service, I think of:
No worship. No testimonies. No real fellowship among people before and after service. No joyful singing. Boring, monotone, dispassionate, recycled preaching and teaching - nothing fresh. Just bored people fulfilling their weekly obligation to show up.
When I think of a "dead church", I equate that to:
No outreach. No new converts. No classes (e.g., teaching) available to help new converts and old saints grow. No regularly scheduled fellowship among the saints. No community involvement. No no-strings-attached charity work.
That's my list without analysis. Some of my thoughts may just be my perception; some of them may be biblically based.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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