Pilgrim Place

Malphurs makes this interesting point:
“Over a period of years, the church can allow itself to lapse into a maintenance mentality — it just seems to be getting by — that over time leader to ministry mediocrity. Every Sunday it is business [...]

Many churches don’t know what they’re supposed to be doing. Some others have strayed, choosing maintenance over mission. I think that churches, have a tendency to so stray unless they work extra hard to stay focused on the mission.
To fight against these tendencies we need to keep this simple, yet profound, question ever before us: [...]