Autopsy of a Deceased Church

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What does it look like inside a dying church? Today we cover 11 characteristics of dying churches and how those have changed over the past few years.

Today’s Listener Question:

FROM ADRION

In the three years since you wrote and released Autopsy of a Deceased Church, what have you learned from church leaders as it relates to your 11 points in the book?

Episode Highlights:

• Dying churches are doing so now at a quicker rate than ever before.
• Urban and suburban churches die at a quicker pace than rural churches.
• If you want your church to look like its community, the leadership must reflect the community.
• So much of what churches do is done just to maintain the organization.
• You cannot pay your way out of the Great Commission. You have to actually do it.

The 11 characteristics of deceased churches that we cover in this episode are:

1. Slow erosion
2. The past is the hero
3. The church refuses to look like the community
4. The budget moves inwardly
5. The Great Commission becomes the Great Omission
6. The preference-driven church
7. Pastoral tenure decreases
8. No praying together
9. No clear purpose
10. Obsession over facilities
11. Neglect of facilities

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