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Prosperity Gospel is Neither

John Piper on “Prosperity Gospel”

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10 Ways To Insult and Disrespect Churchgoers

It’s been a while since I first wrote about the numerous ways churches thwarted my efforts to discover them. I thought it was time for an update and so I’ve decided to share 10 ways pastors/churches insult churchgoers and the cities they are called to serve. I’ve experienced all 10 of these first-hand and some are more serious than others. My intent is to simply offer insight to the many pastors out there who always welcome a visitor’s perspective. So don’t take it too personally, unless of course I happen to be talking about your church, in which case I’m so sorry you made the list.

So here you have it, 10 Ways to Insult and Disrespect Churchgoers:
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Guest Speakers Gone Wild

A lot of first-time church visitors don’t pay much attention to guest speakers for various reasons:

• It doesn’t tell them much about the regular pastor
• The service flow and timing can be quite different than normal
• There may also be a guest worship team
• The visit may not benefit them in determining much about the church

The bottom line is that visitors usually need to attend a 2nd week to really learn anything useful about what a normal Sunday is like. Most people just won’t even bother to try again; first impressions and all that.

However, I believe that guest speakers can be very beneficial for church visitors (and even regular attenders). They have certainly been helpful to me. This past week, for the 2nd time in as many years, I walked out on a church service because of the guest speaker. Each time I was a relatively new visitor to the church. Both times were my last visit to that church. These speakers saved me a lot of time. Here’s why…
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