Steve Addison helps us by suggesting 20 Things to do while you’re not multiplying churches. I particularly like #’s 1, 9, 15, 17 and 20 ….

1. Call yourself an apostle. Have some business cards printed. Hand them around.

9. When you see a healthy church plant say, “Yes it’s growing but it’s not really a Reformed/Baptist/Assemblies of God/Presbyterian/Methodist/New Vine/etc (choose one) church.”

David Fitch posted this list on his blog. None is my original thought. Good stuff.

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Extract:

1.) Should not expect to regularly come to church for just one hour, get what you need for your own personal growth and development, and your kid’s needs, and then leave til next Sunday. Expect mission to change your life. Expect however a richer life than you could have ever imagined.

10 Warning Signs You May Be An Obnoxious Christian

1) You leave a salvation tract instead of tip for your waitress.
(After all, her eternal destiny is certainly more important than any immediate physical need.)

2) You insist the King James Version is the only valid English translation.
(Hey! If it was good enough 400 years ago, it’s good enough now…)

Ten Things In Church That Drive Me Nuts

1) Browbeating visitors to fill out information cards
(Is this a good idea with all the identity theft problems we’re having?)

2) Making a big deal of how many people attended last Sunday
(Since when is numerical size an indicator of the Holy Spirit moving? After 3 years of ministry and then literally dying for them, Jesus had only 120 followers in the upper room who then went out and changed the world.)