In this episode, Mark Clifton and Mark Hallock discuss an article from Chuck Lawless on some reasons that churches drift away from their mission.
- Nobody’s even talking about the possibility of mission drift – almost as if “it surely won’t happen here.”
- IF the church has a mission statement, it’s only a sentence on the website.
- The church ministries have been, and continue to be, siloed from each other.
- Pastoral leaders have lost any sense of vision for the church.
- Members have expected their pastoral leaders to take care of them primarily rather than reach outsiders.
- Recent – and sometimes, not so recent, conflict has left scars in the congregation.
- Leaders hesitate to make hard calls to keep the mission primary.
- The church has been large enough that the drift is so slow it’s almost imperceptible.
- The church’s leadership recruitment process is weak.
Resources related to this podcast:
“9 Reasons Churches Drift from Their Mission” by Chuck Lawless
Anatomy of a Revived Church by Thom Rainer
