12 Cultural Trends Your Church Can’t Ignore

"Leaders who are willing to reconsider the methods to preserve the mission are usually the ones who succeed long term."

So says Carey Nieuwhof in an excellent post, "12 Cultural Trends Your Church Can’t Ignore." What are those trends? You'll have to read the whole article (here) to find out, but here are six of them:

Online as the New Default

Dialogue

Declining trust

A desire for greater purpose

Trust in user reviews

The death of cash and cheques.

Seriously, read the whole thing.

It seems to me that most churches are ignoring most of these trends and many ignore virtually ALL of them. And they are doing so to their own detriment and to the detriment of the kingdom itself.