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Are You Running Your Congregation Ragged?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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Most churches keep their members so busy they don't have time to do ministry.

Indeed, I spoke to a lay elder of a church recently who told me he simply did not have time to get to know his neighbors because he was so busy in his church.

Something is not right with this picture.

In an earlier post, I talked about how our churches can become more intentional about doing real ministry instead of busy work. But in this article, I address how churches became so busy. Perhaps understanding the origins of dysfunctional busyness will help churches avoid this problem in the future.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/8-reasons-churches-became-too-busy-182925/#wzLCylrTtH2gwsRD.99

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