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#28 Success
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Stephanie Drury
Success. In all areas of life. As a pastor, it's all about church size, relevance, and impact. If your church is big, you must be doing something right and you become an expert/celebrity and you speak at conferences and write books and tell people to do it your way.
#21 “Relevant” Churches
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Stephanie Drury
Churches need to attract people. They need to be cool. It seems they think the message of Christ's grace is not enough on its own, it must be accompanied by worship music played to tracks, preachers who offer sermon series such as "The Pathway of Peace", and services that last 58 minutes. (Other words in…
#19 Not Smoking
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Stephanie Drury
It is not entirely clear why smoking is so taboo in Christian culture. On one hand, Christians hold the belief that your body is the temple of God and you should not defile the temple with something unhealthy. On the other hand, Christian culture members are not known for their cardiovascular fitness.
#14 Worship Teams
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Stephanie Drury
A worship team leads the congregation in singing worship songs while standing on a stage that has carpeted steps. They never sing traditional hymns, only songs that have been introduced into Christian culture in the last twenty or thirty years. These songs are considered by the worship team to be inspiring and appealing to Young…
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