1.If folks in your congregation get more excited in a business meeting than they do in the worship service, YOUR CHURCH IS IN TROUBLE.

2. If the church budget increasingly focuses on priorites INSIDE the church instead of OUTSIDE, YOUR CHURCH IS IN TROUBLE.

3. If you can distinctly remember the last church squabble more clearly than the last soul who walked the aisle, YOUR CHURCH IS IN TROUBLE.

4. If money has become more important than ministry, YOUR CHURCH IS IN TROUBLE.

5. If your congregation’s affection for the past is greater than their excitement for the future, YOUR CHURCH IS IN TROUBLE.