Declining vs Thriving Churches

Good food for thought...

Declining Congregational Members are:	Thriving Congregational Participants are:
Committed to the church	Committed to Christ
Managing committees	Deploying mission
Holding offices	Doing hands-on ministries
Making decisions	Making disciples
Trained for membership	On a life long development track
Serving at the church	Serving in the world
Preoccupied with raising money	Preoccupied with rescuing people
Retiring from church work	Finding personal fulfillment
Surveying internal needs	Pursuing constant personal growth
Eager to know everyone	Sensitized to community
Loyal to each other	Eager for everyone to know God
Building faith on information	Building faith on transformation
Perpetuating a heritage	Building faith on experience w/ Christ
Hanging on	Visioning a future