Too many church leaders spend too much time on too many things that aren’t essential for an effective church.
But what are the essential elements of an effective church?
Good news. I’ve found the definitive list, and today I’m going to share it with you.
But first, a few things that aren’t on the list.
A church doesn’t need to be big to be effective.
A church doesn’t need to be small to be effective.
A church doesn’t need a mission statement to be effective.
A church doesn’t need a choir or worship team to be effective.
A church doesn’t need suits and dresses to be effective.
A church doesn’t need to dress casually to be effective.
A church doesn’t need small groups to be effective.
A church doesn’t need a website to be effective.
A church doesn’t need a building to be effective.
A church doesn’t even need a pastor to be effective. (A shout-out to all my house church peeps!)
Our Priorities Matter
None of those things are wrong. Many of them can make a good ministry better. The church I pastor has or does most of them.
But they’re not essential.
When we start thinking they’re essential, then our way is right and other ways are wrong.
Then we start obsessing over them.
Wasting time, money and emotion on them.
Arguing over them.
Alienating ourselves from other believers because of them.
And ignoring real needs because of our obsession with nonessentials.
