How to Kill Your Church.

Greetings,

 I realize I haven't posted much on here nor on Newberry.  I

have been rearranging my routine so as to be more focused

and to keep God in the forefront. I've been putting in some

OT at Brinks as well as going to the gym that I have been

packing dinner as well as lunch and have been eating dinner

in the breakroom at the coin vault before heading to the gym.

Haven't been getting home until 8pm most nights and at

ten-thirty PM on Mondays which are my laundry nights.

Anyway, on with my topic.

 I came across a small tract in the church office one Sunday

as I was getting ready to prepare the church for Sunday

School and the main worship service. The tract was titled:

How to Kill Your Church. Hmmmm?  I thought to myself,

That'll be an interesting read. After getting the coffeemakers

ready and the coffee cookies laid out, I went back into the

church office to read this tract.

Here's the list that this tract contained on as to how to kill

your church:

1. Don't come, accept on certain well-known holidays.

2. If you do come, come late and make a lot of noise

getting settled.

3. When you come, come in a bad mood.  At every

service ask yourself, "What do I get out of this?"

4. Never accept any office. It is better to sit back

and criticize.

5. Visit other churches frequently to show your

pastor that you are not tied down to him.  There

is nothing like independence.

6. Let the pastor earn his money, he should do all

the work.

7. Never sing. If you have to sing, sing out of tune

and a word or two behind everybody else.

8. Never pay in advance, especially for religion. Wait

until you get your money's worth, and then wait a bit

longer.

9. Never encourage the preacher, if you like a sermon

keep quiet about it. Many a preacher has been ruined

by flattery. Don't you be the cause of his downfall.

10. It is good to tell visitors and new members all about

your pastor's many faults; it may take them awhile to

find out on their own.

11. Of course, you can't be expected to get new members

for the church with such a pastor as he is.

12. If there happens to be a few enthusiastic workers in 

the church, make a tremendous protest against it being

run by a clique.

13. If your church unfortunately happens to be harmonious,

you must remedy the situation by gossiping and spreading

rumors about church members and staff.

   

Notice that there's thirteen in all. Thirteen! Now isn't that a lucky

number? Not!  You would think that Satan wrote this tract as if

he was giving certain folks ideas. Satan didn't write this tract of

course, but he can certainly put these ideas in your head and in

your heart if you are not aware of all this. Read this real good

if you want to keep your church alive.

I leave you with this quote of scripture from Hebrews 10:

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as

the manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and

so much the more, as you see the day approaching."

(Hebrews 10:25)

Have a blessed day.