If Notre Dame defeated SW Montana St in a football game, there’s no way the student body would storm the field and tear down the goalposts. I consistently see (COG) pastors posting on social media. Posts such as, “praise God we had 40 in attendance “. While I think it’s important to celebrate victories, I think it’s also important to convey faith and confidence that this will be the expected norm. I was recently invited to preach at a large non-COG church on a Sunday evening. There was a capacity crowd in attendance. After the service, I asked the pastor what their normal attendance was and his answer stunned me: “oh we don’t count numbers…we haven’t done that in years “. The irony amazed me. Most of our churches are much smaller by comparison and we are obsessed with attendance numbers.
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