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Another roadblock to church growth is timidity. Abraham Lincoln used to remark that he could get any amount of men who were, "willing to shed their last drop of blood" but he found it a little difficult to get them to shed their first drop to make a beginning. Christians are also prone to talk about what they will do for Jesus by-and-by. Lack of confidence may cause some churches to defer a decision until the next meeting or the next year. Perhaps if they sit tight, some new people will come in of their own accord. They keep their fingers crossed and hope for the best.
Another excuse used for not getting on with church growth and evangelism is that it's somebody else's responsibility. It's amazing how many lay people feel that the only one who should work in a church is the minister, and many ministers work on this assumption too. The duplicating machine breaks down, they ring the minister! There's a leak in the roof, they phone for the minister. Mrs. Smith has a fall and needs a visit, they get the minister to go. Some ministers tell their people how much they abhor this kind of dependence on one person in a church, then get upset when Christian people do something without telling them.
"Another roadblock to church growth is timidity."
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