Stupid Ten Stupid Things that Keep Churches Churches from Growing Geoff Surratt

Ten StupidThings that Keep

Churches from Growing

Geoff Surratt

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Whoare

youcalling

Stupid?

Tryingto do it

all

Tryingto do it

allWhy do we do it all?

Tryingto do it

allWhy do we do it all?Lonely martyr syndrome

Tryingto do it

allWhy do we do it all?

Hired Gun Disease

Tryingto do it

allWhy do we do it all?Corner Cutting Disorder

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allWhy do we do it all?

Rejection Aversion

Tryingto do it

allWhy should we share the load?

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allWhy should we share the load?

Eph 4:11-12 (NIV) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the

pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of

service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

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allWhy should we share the load?

Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) For we are his workmanship, created

in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should

walk in them.

Tryingto do it

allHow to give away your job

Tryingto do it

allHow to give away your job

Connect the dots

Tryingto do it

allHow to give away your job

The Big ASK

Tryingto do it

allHow to give away your job

Show the ropes

Tryingto do it

allHow to give away your job

Quit

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

“I realize that the church secretary can’t type, but she’s the mother of my children.”

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

How to destroy your family

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

How to destroy your familyPlay the ministry card

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

How to destroy your familyPlay the ministry cardLead with the queen of hearts

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

How to destroy your familyPlay the ministry cardLead with the queen of heartsTrump family time with ministry

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

How to destroy your familyPlay the ministry cardLead with the queen of heartsTrump family time with ministryTip your family’s hand

Wrong Role for thePastor’s Family

How to destroy your familyPlay the ministry cardLead with the queen of heartsTrump family time with ministryTip your family’s handBet your family’s future

How to rebuild your marriage

How to rebuild your marriage

Marriage is about

How to rebuild your marriage

Marriage is aboutBeing there

YOU ARE

HERE

How to rebuild your marriage

Marriage is aboutBeing thereNot being there YOU

ARE HERE

How to rebuild your marriage

Marriage is aboutBeing thereNot being thereGettingHELP!

DisciplineoverReconciliation

I will not ask Mark Driscoll if he wrote A New Kind of Christian

Favoring

Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those

uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from

saving, whether by many or by few.”“Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer

said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”1 Samuel 14:6-7 (NIV)

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