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Growth and Change
In the natural environment we see that growth and change is normal eg. plants, animals, human beings. Church growth is no exception. Imagine an influx of new people coming amongst us? What effect would that have on us? It would certainly put pressure on each of us to relate, to adjust to things like different dress, thinking, lifestyles, perhaps ethnicity. We would have to listen to other viewpoints, think through our own more carefully, and carefully defend our own faith and beliefs non-defensively. It would probably mean having to deal with wrong attitudes, prejudices, and expectations. It may mean not getting the seat we want, or the songs we like, or the attention that we are used, or our own way at different times; or having to do things differently, arrange our lives and ministries differently etc.
The Scriptures demonstrate that God is not particularly pleased with people not willing to change eg. Jer.18:1-6; Acts.19:51; Heb.3:7-9. God calls his people to......

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