Mentoring Men for the Master

85 PROVOCATIVE FACTS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR CHURCH

  1. 28 Ridiculous Alarming Excuses People Do Not Attend Church
    1. Too many hypocrites in the church.
    2. The church is always asking for money.
    3. I work hard during the week and need to rest on Sunday.
    4. I don’t like the pastor.
    5. The people are not friendly.
    6. I don’t like the songs they sing.
    7. There is no place to park.
    8. I don’t have to go to church to be a Christian.
    9. I do my recreation on Sunday.
    10. The pastor did not call or visit when I was sick.
    11. I just don’t get anything out of the preaching.
    12. I don’t have beautiful clothes like Hazel Snodgrass.
    13. I am as good or better than most church members.
    14. I go to the lake or mountains on weekends.
    15. I am too lazy to get up and dress.
    16. I got hurt by someone in church and never returned.
    17. Faking illness – Morbus Sabbaticus – Sunday Sickness.
    18. The church is just too big or too small, too hot, too cold.
    19. I can’t hear what goes on.
    20. My parents didn’t bring me up to go to church.
    21. Parents criticism of the church.
    22. I mow my lawn on Sunday.
    23. I have to prepare lunch for my family.
    24. Company and family come in.
    25. TV’s my church and Charles Stanley is my pastor.
    26. Saturday night late show.
    27. Ignorance of what the church is.
    28. No requirements for church membership
  • 9 Real Truthful Reasons People Do Not Attend Church.
  1. They do not love Jesus.
  2. They do not want to hear the Word of God.
  3. They do not want to be reminded on their sins. “Everyone who does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:20).
  4. They are lost and blinded to their need.
  5. They do not want to make any commitment to anything.
  6. Like Jonah they are running away from God.
  7. They don’t want to change their way of living.
  8. They do not want to run into their creditors.
  9. I do what I want to do and I do not want to go to church.

 

  • 9 Acceptable Reasons for Not Attending Church.
    1. Physically unable.
    2. Attending someone you cannot leave by themselves.
    3. Absolutely unable to walk and no transportation.
    4. A sudden emergency, such as death of loved one.
    5. Recuperating from serious operation.
    6. Severe weather not permitting safe travel.
    7. Works of absolute mercy on Sunday requiring your presence and service: Medical doctors, nurses.
    8. Work required by government in war. Illus:  I worked on Sunday for two years at the shipyard during world war II by orders from the federal government.
    9. The preacher is liberal and does not preach from the Bible.
  • 11 Arresting Questions Concerning Your Personal Relationship to The Church.
  1. If you attend a church, why?
  2. If you don’t attend a church, why not?
  3. Do you serve in the church you are attending?
  4. If so, why?
  5. If not, why not?
  6. Did Jesus attend a church?
  7. Were there any hypocrites in the church He attended?
  8. Were there any hypocrites in the church Jesus Himself formed?
  9. The most loving church in the New Testament was the Church at Philippi. Was it a perfect church?
  10. If anybody could find a perfect church, should he join it?
  11. Did you know that MMM produces outstanding church members? Why?

 

  • THE ACID TEST CONCERNING YOUR CHURCH: IF EVERY MEMBER OF MY CHURCH WERE JUST LIKE ME, WHAT KIND OF CHURCH WOULD MY CHURCH BE?