Who's the happiest with a stagnant church?

-The folks who've been members for 4 generations, and have their names splashed across the stained glass windows?

-The folks who like being recognized for their financial contributions?

-The folks who expect the pastor to notice their absence and drop by the house "just to make sure they're OK"?

- The elders who expect to be consulted on every decision?

-The folks who expect everyone else to know their names?

-The folks who like "Doing things the same way we've always done things"?

-The folks who insist "Let those other people go to their own churches"?

-The members who're afraid "We'll lose control if a bunch of new people start traipsing through the door"?

Or is it the enemy who's happiest when a church becomes stagnant, loses its vision and stops reaching people for Christ?


The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
-Matthew 13:38-29

I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
-Luke 10:19

Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
-2 Corintians 9:13