What Does a Healthy Church Look Like?

·         Taking conflicts and differences head on.

·         A culture of giving and sharing.

·         Spiritual growth and renewal as the norm.

·         Knowing and living the church as countercultural.

·         Lay people having a sense of partnership with the clergy in advancing 

       the mission of the church.

·         Freeing the clergy to do what they have been called to do.

·         Clearly defined priorities.

·         More mature Christians becoming spiritual mentors to those new to the Faith.

·         A sense of urgency in confronting the world, the flesh and the devil (There are people dying out there!).

·         Not ingrown but focused on outreach and evangelism.

·         Seeing the Christian life as a great adventure.

·         A rich, balanced and holistic spirituality of worship, spiritual growth, Christian service, and evangelism.

·         A commitment to honoring God on the Lord’s Day.

       My compliments and apologies to the people from whom I originally borrowed much of this list, the sources which are now lost to me.