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The Pressure to Grow Your Church
I remember preaching once and this old retired minister came to me after the service because I'd been talking about, oh, you would have loved it. My contention was that our churches weren't growing because we weren't praying and fasting enough. There was too much sort of casual, over casual attitude to sin. You know, there are people playing in worship groups who are in sexual relationships outside of marriage,. And he said, I think the problem with what you're talking about is that it just puts all the pressure on us. He had a really posh voice and he spoke very slowly. By the time I was just so annoyed and, you know, I was in a different world.