{"id":10546,"date":"2010-05-04T11:26:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T11:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2010\/05\/04\/are-two-churches-better-than-one\/"},"modified":"2010-05-04T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:11:20","slug":"are-two-churches-better-than-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/are-two-churches-better-than-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Two Churches Better Than One?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday at the blog Church Marketing Sucks<\/a> Brad Abare said he sees “a growing trend in the number of church leaders who work and serve in their primary church, and then attend a different church for their personal spiritual journey.” Why do church leaders look outside their own church? Abare suggests at least three reasons:<\/p>

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  1. \nPlace of service is too small.<\/strong> Maybe it’s a church plant or just really small, but for these leaders their primary church just can’t meet all their spiritual and relational needs.<\/li>\n
  2. \nPlace of service is too big.<\/strong> These leaders feel bound by their particular role to the point where they can’t step outside it and freely participate in the church community.<\/li>\n
  3. \nPlace of service is primarily a job.<\/strong> These leaders can’t help but see the church as an employer rather than his or her family.<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>

    At first blush, this phenomenon bothers me. To these reasons above, I would ask questions like:<\/p>