Trinity Baptist Church

In the past few years, there has been an emerging trend:  churches no longer continue as they have in times past.  They either grow, or they wither away.  The way it usually plays out, is when the children and youth become adults, if they continue in church at all, they look for a vibrant church.  Or, parents who see that their children are not really being ministered to, and that their children are not really enjoying their church experience, will look for a church that will make a more positive impact on their children.

It is true that many growing churches are not growing as they should from reaching unchurched people, but they are growing at the expense of other churches in their area.  It’s not necessarily that these growing churches have plotted to do this, but because they have made growth a priority in the way they have ordered their structure and planned their ministries, people are just attracted to them.  If you have two churches in consideration, one that seems to always have a plan for ministering to people of every age group, and the other that seems to never change anything but the pastor, which one would you want to attend?

The plateaued church is passing off the scene.  It is now either a growing church, or it is a dying church.