FIVE SIGNS OF A DYING CHURCH.

Hello and Praise the Lord....

Every pastor would love to see positive consistent growth through their efforts. Everything within us yearns to see the Kingdom of God advance within our given ministry.

Many of us have the opportunity to attend conferences every year where we get convicted and stirred up in our hearts to do more for God. We oftentimes leave those conferences with newfound passion and desire. Yet, how often do you go home intending to do what you heard at a conference only to discover you don't really know how?

If I had 100 ministers in front of me right now, the thing that I would be trying to get across is HOW:

1) to recognize when momentum is being lost.

2) to recognize what is causing the momentum to be lost.

3) to stop the thing that is causing the loss of momentum.

If we could do those 3 things, we would gain so much ground! Every church experiences seasons of growth and seasons of decline. However, the growth can and should always be greater than the decline. That is God's will.

How Do you Identify a Loss Of Momentum?

Here are 5 sure signs that your church has lost the momentum God intends for it to have.

* Attendance Loss

People stop attending and inviting others. They don't feel the same passion they felt when they first started attending or the burning desire they had when they were young. Quite frankly, they are not excited about their church or what is happening there.

* Attendance Leveling

I hear a lot of preachers say something like, "We've been running 300 quite regularly lately". They say that like it's a good thing, but in reality that's a bad thing. They've been running 300 for the last five years. That's not momentum...

* Offerings Have Recently Dropped

If people have stopped paying their tithes or regular giving to the church, that means that either they don't trust their minister with the money or they don't share the ministry's vision for their church. As a result, they're not being a supporter financially.

* No hanging around/fellowship after service

Every church I have been a part of, has always had wonderful fellowship of the members and their guests after the worship service had ended. Many are the times that the person locking the building up, had to tell people it's time to leave so he could go home. Have you noticed over the years that some people like to scurry out the door and leave immediately, instead of staying for a while and enjoying fellowship with their brothers and sisters in the Lord?

* Youth Group numbers declining.

Young people have a keen ability to recognize something that is real from something that is false. At least when it comes to faith, and whether or not people really love them or not.

Whether they know it or not, the young people of our generation are seeking after parental figures and role models. If the church is loving, caring, and reaches out to these young people, it will most likely have a Youth group that is growing exponentially.

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Do you recognize any of these challenges in your Church Chinonye?

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Did you know that it is in God's nature and part of his eternal plan, to create and maintain momentum in His Church?

Maintaining momentum is a vital key to growing a successful church.
Even if you are experiencing growth right now, you need to understand why.
If you don't understand why, you are just one small decision away from losing it

James Smith and David Church have teamed up to write a book called....
"Momentum in Ministry"
By reading this book you will find....

1. Keys to consistent numerical, spiritual and financial growth.

2. How to become the Church that God Designed.

3. How to attain everything that God has promised for yourself and your ministry.

4. How to create momentum.

5. How to maintain momentum.

6. How to use timing to your advantage.

7. How to build momentum for your altar service.

If you've EVER asked God for the answer to some of the challenges discussed in this email, perhaps He's brought this resource to you today...

I encourage you to visit www.pastoralhelps.com/momentum-in-ministry today and decide for yourself if this is something your church could really be blessed by.