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The Paradox of Change (1)
12 March, 2014
"You can have change without growth but you can't have growth without change".
Not only does that observation have a nice 'ring' about it, but it's true. It's true in every area of life b ut it is particularly true in the Christian Church. Some Churches are bastions of sameness. They believe that it is their calling under God to maintain the "way we have always done it". But in rejecting change, they are also rejecting the possibility of growth. The question they must asked themselves is this: Do we want to grow as a Church, spiritually and numerically?
Other Churches think that if they can change everything they will have growth automatically. So they give themselves to change the seating arrangements, the music used in the Sunday meetings, the leadership structure, the decision-making process and so on. They are under the illusion that if they make these changes, growth must be the result. (It's what I like to call the "Titanic Deckchairs Mentality") The question they must ask themselves is this: What is the foundation for our belief that change means automatic growth?