I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH EXCUSES AND APATHY IN THE CHURCH. LEADERS WHO ARE APATHETIC LEAD THE BODY TO BE THE SAME.
7 REASONS PEOPLE ARE APATHETIC AND DON'T CARE.
1- LACK OF FELLOWSHIP/ CHURCH ATTENDANCE. SMALL GROUPS WILL HELP... WE NEED TO CONNECT IN PERSON.
2-BARRIERS TO CHURCH UNITY AND INFORMATION. ADVISING THE CHURCH OF MINISTRY, MEN'S AND WOMAN'S CONFERENCES AT OTHER CALVARYS, OR IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
3- NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU ARE CALLED OR YOUR GIFTEDNESS. STOP SAYING I AM NOT CALLED. THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE ALL CALLED. ASK FOR HELP IN THIS AREA.
4- BROTHERS AND SISTERS LEFT BEHIND. TAKE TIME TO REACH OUT, VISIT IN THE HOSPITAL, AND PRAY FOR PEOPLE.
5- WORK, YES WE NEED TO DO THIS BUT WORK IS OR SHOULD NOT BE SUCH A PRIORITY THAT WE LOSE FOCUS OF GOD. HE PROVIDES AND I THINK PEOPLE THINK THEY DO IT THEMSELVES.
6-LACK OF VISSION. THE BIBLE SAYS WITHOUT A VISSION THE PEOPLE PARRISH. Proverbs 29:18. BE WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE. TAKE INITIATIVE. SPONGES GET FULL AND LEEK IF THEY ARE NOT WRONG OUT. GOD'S WORD PURES INTO US SO WE CAN LEARN AND APPLY IT AND THEN USE IT. HOW, IN YOUR WALK AND TESTIMONY BY LIVING BY FAITH. THAT MEANS DOING!
7- APATHETIC LEADERSHIP- PREACHING SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY BUT IF WE CAN TEACH AND PREACH IT WE NEED TO LIVE IT. NO EXCUSES!
A POLL STATES 3 in 4 U.S. Protestant pastors (75%) say apathy or lack of commitment is a people dynamic they find challenging in their churches.
For the 2022 Greatest Needs of Pastor's study, Lifeway Research interviewed 200 U.S. Protestant pastors who identified 44 issues related to their role and then surveyed 1,000 additional pastors to determine which of these needs was most prominent among pastors. The nearly four dozen needs were divided into seven categories: ministry difficulties, spiritual needs, skill development, self-care, personal life, mental health, and people dynamics.
Among these categories, 22% of pastors say people dynamics in their congregations are the most challenging or require the most attention today. Skill development (23%) is the only category more pastors identify as their area of greatest need.
6 of the 44 total needs are classified as people dynamics, but pastors say apathy is by far the most pressing issue in this category. 3 in 4 U.S. Protestant pastors (75%) say apathy or lack of commitment is a people dynamic they find challenging in their congregations. Among all 44 issues pastors identified, developing leaders and volunteers and fostering connections with unchurched people are the only issues more pastors say they recognize as a need.
Close to half of the pastors say they find it challenging in their ministries to deal with people’s strong opinions about non-essentials (48%), resistance to change in the church (46%), and people’s political views (44%). Around a third point to people’s unrealistic expectations of the pastor (35%) and caring too much about people’s approval or criticism (32%). Fewer than 1 in 10 (8%) say none of these are challenging for them as a pastor.
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