Probably more accurately, "Church killers." Read the whole thing, but here they are as a simple list:
- Denial of portents of the future
- Comfort in the status quo
- Tradition for tradition's sake
- Mission focused inward, not outward
- Programs overemphasis
- Discipleship immaturity
- Relationships primarily within the church
- Shallow - avoiding hard dialog and tough questions
- Life - abusing a church because of our anger over our life issues.
- Tenure - thinking that length of time in the church equals increased authority
- Attractional - being focused on output (I confess that the author's explanation of this one seems a little opaque to me)
- Churched - not understanding or even being interested the unchurched
- Demographics - the congregation is dissimilar to the parish area
- Drift - losing sight of God's purposes in the present day
- Dull - failure to inspire and going through religious motions
- Leadership - same people doing the same things over and over
- Management - without a vision, using a management mind set
- Museum - confusing the Church with the church building, and mis-setting priorities accordingly
- Money - spending more on the facility than discipleship or evangelism
- Anxiety - facing change with fear rather than confidence in the Holy Spirit
The author concludes, "These types of hidden factors cause tens of thousands of congregations in North America to fail to transition, change and transform following their first generation of life."
