My brother Geoff's new book, 10 Stupid Things Churches Do to Keep From Growing, was just released today on Amazon.
It's a great book that identifies the most common mistakes pastors make that keep churches from reaping the harvest that God may have for them. It's got stories from Craig Groeschel, Chris Hodges, Perry Noble, Mark Batterson, Dave Browning, Dave Ferguson, Scott Chapman, Ron Hamilton, Dino Rizzo and, yes, your's truly (that alone may thrust it into the best seller list).
Ed Stetzer even calls it "pithy".
In honor of the release, I'm going to write about some really stupid things we've done at Seacoast over the years, starting with tomorrow's post. Seriously, this could be a year long series...but I'm going to limit it to just this week.
If you are a pastor, what's the dumbest mistake you've made?
If you are a Seacoaster, what's the dumbest thing you remember us doing? (Be nice...I reserve the right to censor :-)
How about when you decided to hire relatives? That had to be up there with the dumbest :)
Posted by: Geoff Surratt | April 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM
3 words, Omar Shrine Temple.
Posted by: Adam Fitzgerald | April 13, 2009 at 02:19 PM
I vote for the time we unknowingly sent 20000 mailers out inviting people to our new Sunday night service...on Super Bowl Sunday. Not one of our best marketing moments.
Posted by: Josh | April 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM
i agree with hiring relatives, it seems like it is all about you. Not so cool.
Posted by: zoe | January 01, 2010 at 10:26 PM