Competitive leaders feel they have to be the best.
Healthy leaders simply want to do their best. (Sometimes, that even lands them at Number One.)
3. Insecurity
Sometimes insecure people want their church or organization to grow because it makes them feel better about themselves.
Insecurity and pride are closely linked. Why? Insecurity can lead to an obsession with self the same way narcissism can. The insecure person thinks about themselves constantly and will use others to make them feel better, which of course, is always a mistake.
Pride, competition and insecurity should drive you to God (and perhaps to a Christian counselor), not to more.
Insecurity can lead to an obsession with self the same way narcissism can.
4. Organizational Preservation
There’s also weird but real motive for growth in stuck or dying churches. Too many churches want to grow simply so they can stay afloat.
You’ve heard it more often than anyone would like to admit:
We need some people to help pay the bills.
We just need more butts in the seats if this is going to work.
We are so short on volunteers that we really need to get some new people in the doors.
People who join your church will soon see that you value them for what they can do, not for who they are. As a result, they won’t stick.
Cruel as it sounds, churches that want to grow simply to keep themselves alive probably should die. They’ve lost the mission.
