Do You Pastor a Struggling Church?

Do you Pastor a struggling church? 

Have you ever said this? 

Our church is struggling because:

Old traditions are holding us back.

The church has a bad reputation in town.

There is a church boss, and it’s not me.

We don’t have enough help (leaders/volunteers).

Our location is bad.

Our finances are limited.

There is a power struggle in the church.

The Board/Council controls everything.

Our building is in bad shape.

We have no music, no youth ministry, no children’s program… 

We can’t compete with the big churches in town. 

In my years of administrative leadership, these are 11 of the most common reasons I hear from Pastors as to why their ministry is not flourishing.

Let’s have some dialogue. While none of us have all the answers, some of us have some of the answers. And we all have encouragement to give to one another. 

I’d love to hear from you!