Session 1 of this series will focus on these institutional pitfalls:

Your church might be institutional if…
- Life and ministry are motivated by tradition and expectations.
- Prioritizing space to cultivate gratitude does not typically fit into
the order of the service or other gatherings.

“Its...

Session 2 of this series will focus on these institutional pitfalls:

Your church might be institutional if…
- The Bible is preached and taught but not actually experienced.
- Prioritizing space to actually do the Bible does not typically fit into
the order of the service or other gatherings.

“B...

Session 3 of this series will focus on these institutional pitfalls:

Your church might be institutional if…
- Programs, projects, and policies are a priority above relationships.
- Vision has not been refreshed by pastors, leaders, and congregants in recent memory.

“Believing right and behaving...

Session 4 of this series will focus on these institutional pitfalls:

Your church might be institutional if…
- Only pastors and staff are viewed as ministers.
- Engaging members in their ministry of missional living is not a top priority.

“I wish our church would do more…” rather than “What migh...

Session 5 of this series will focus on these institutional pitfalls:

Your church might be institutional if…
- You present, preach, and teach a historical Jesus but not a contemporary Jesus (Hebrews 13:8).
- Believers are seeking to love the Lord by doing things for Him.

Jesus was often moved w...

Session 6 of this series will focus on these institutional pitfalls:

Your church might be institutional if…
- Knowing more truth is the focus of discipleship and spiritual formation.
- Doing more for God is the focus of discipleship and spiritual formation.

“What does experiencing God’s sources...