Below is a list of some sacred cows that may need to be cooked in your church. Sometimes these sacred cows are mindsets or ministries. Sometimes these institutions are ways of doing things or leadership positions. Only individual churches under the guidance of the Holy Spirit can know if something really needs to go or not. If you haven't pulled the old meat out of the freezer in a while, maybe you need to do a thorough search of what is still good. Some things may need to be tossed. Others may need to be cooked before they spoil. Others can still stay in cold storage for a while.
But you will never know the true situation at your church unless you pray, look, and listen.
The typical Sunday sermon and the predictable Sunday service.
Bringing people to church instead of taking church to them.
Relegating prayer to something we tack onto the end or beginning of ministry instead of it being the fuel for our lives.
Sunday is the most important day of the week. And the Sunday morning "worship" service is not a place to take chances or mess with the status quo.
Anything that is a problem can be solved by a new program.
Focus on the experience of the service versus being transformed by the truth behind it.
Putting on a good face for the crowd we see in the halls.
Being stuck on a particular style of music worship. Really there is no one sacred way of proclaiming God's glory. God loves the diversity in His people because He put it there.
Worrying about the carpet more than the state of the local community. We are called to be stewards of church buildings not over protective guards.
Doing whatever seems to be working at the mega churches in America.
Trying to be everything to everyone.
Getting out of the service on time if God has different plans. Leaders and pastors should be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Christmas and Easter plays
Pastors looking the part
Sitting in "your" pew every week
Pushing "your" ministry as something that everyone must do
Being a consumer of church instead of being consumed by a passion for God.
