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Originally Posted by Freedom
One really has to wonder – if LC members were surveyed and answered honestly, how many would fall into this category?
Another point is that not all the members in such a category started out that way. Some of them were highly active and then just got to a point where they could care less about hearing the same recycled messages over and over. Some people leave because of that and some don’t, but really it’s all the same realization the people come to – they see right through it.
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I remember standing in line at Arby's for a quick lunch with a local full-timer. He commented that Christianity was so easy -- just an hour on Sunday morning -- and how all of our saints were so committed to the Lord.
I thought huh??? Have you never thought of how many of our people are just an hour a week? Can't get some of them to do anything, at times.
I've since then visited many a church. I can say emphatically that no church can survive if every member was just an hour-a-weeker. Every church has a committed core that lives church 5-6 days a week. And every church has quiet, occasional visitors. Just the way it is. Prolly not when a bunch of saints migrate to startup a new church, but wait 10 years. You'll see.
Instead of boasting in your burning church, let us boast in Him alone.