{"id":25596,"date":"2019-10-09T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=25596"},"modified":"2019-10-09T20:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T00:12:03","slug":"20-things-you-never-hear-at-fast-growing-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2019\/10\/09\/20-things-you-never-hear-at-fast-growing-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Things You Never Hear At Fast-Growing Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are 20 things you will NEVER hear\u00a0in fast growing churches. \u00a0Let the controversy begin!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bad Preaching<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPastor, now we don\u2019t want to get ahead of God.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCan we sing that fifth verse again?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe let the preacher preach and we handle everything else.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSon, now that\u2019s not how we do things around here.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPastor, you want that slooooooow growth.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want that fast growth.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>“You preach too much on money.”<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI wish he would wear a tie.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAll we hear about is lost people.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>“We need to focus on the people <em>inside<\/em> the walls of the church.”<\/li>\n<li>“We have too many leaders around here.”<\/li>\n<li>“We have too many volunteers.”<\/li>\n<li>“We are putting too many resources in children’s ministry.”<\/li>\n<li>“Put your hands down!”<\/li>\n<li>“Don’t forget this Thursday’s Committee on Committees meeting.”<\/li>\n<li>“I don’t know how you get involved around here.”<\/li>\n<li>“Meet our interim pastor.”<\/li>\n<li>“Thankfully, we won’t have to do a capital campaign for a long time.”<\/li>\n<li>When asked your weekly attendance numbers , you respond “Our membership numbers are…..”<\/li>\n<li>When asked your weekly attendance numbers , you respond “Our online attendance is…..”<\/li>\n<li>BONUS – “Make America great again.” and likewise “I hate Trump.” \u00a0Neither lends itself to fast growth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ministrydeal.clickfunnels.com\/timeless_book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22013 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TIMELESS-Blog-01.jpg?resize=250%2C300&ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TIMELESS-Blog-01-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TIMELESS-Blog-01-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TIMELESS-Blog-01-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TIMELESS-Blog-01.jpg 1042w\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>My book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=brian+dodd+timeless&sprefix=brian+dodd+ti%2Caps%2C154&crid=5C0MPH3P4BMG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong><em>Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices Of Apex Leaders<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is available for purchase. \u00a0If you have ever wanted to become the leader God created you to be, this book is for you! \u00a0By combining leadership lessons from biblical heroes like Jesus, Daniel and Joseph, along with modern day leaders like Bill Gates, Nick Saban, Kobe Bryant and multiple pastors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=brian+dodd+timeless&sprefix=brian+dodd+ti%2Caps%2C154&crid=5C0MPH3P4BMG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Timeless<\/em><\/a>\u00a0will equip and inspire you. \u00a0This book is not to be read alone. \u00a0Discussion questions are included in each chapter allowing you to develop those in your circle of influence. \u00a0<strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=brian+dodd+timeless&sprefix=brian+dodd+ti%2Caps%2C154&crid=5C0MPH3P4BMG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a> or on the image provided and order your copies TODAY.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are 20 things you will NEVER hear\u00a0in fast growing churches. \u00a0Let the controversy begin! Bad Preaching \u201cPastor, now we don\u2019t want to get ahead of God.\u201d \u201cCan we sing that fifth verse again?\u201d \u201cWe let the preacher preach and we handle everything else.\u201d \u201cSon, now that\u2019s not how we do things around here.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[706],"class_list":["post-25596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-leadership","tag-church-growth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/crowds_1458173898.jpg?fit=640%2C425&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25602,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25596\/revisions\/25602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}