When I was 20 years old I weighed 185 pounds. Twenty years later I weighed 245. Upward “weight creep” had set in! I didn’t jump by 60 pounds over night. I hardly noticed what was taking place. It was a slow and steady creep. It was a result of bad eating habits, lack of exercise and navigating a stressful ministry life and young family that magnified both of those previous excuses.
Churches decline in much the same way. It doesn’t happen overnight. It is a slow and steady, often unnoticeable creep. It happens until one day you recognize, that your church seems to have lost relevance in your neighbourhood, the culture around you has dramatically changed and the trajectory of your congregation is on an ever-increasing decline! Your church has become STUCK!
Today I am healthier. At the age of 40 I recognized the problem and intentionally addressed it. It didn’t happen overnight. It was a step by step process of making wise choices and choosing the pain of change for the sake of my health.
The same thing can happen for your church. Once you recognize the problem and declare your desire to change, you will then intentionally make the right choices and embrace the necessary pain of change. It won’t happen overnight. Your church can get UNstuck!
Unstuck is a three stage process that will guide your church toward a NEW DAY where you regain Kingdom traction and change the trajectory of your congregation.