tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253529165034405240.post-79133568672954539302007-08-31T00:20:00.000-04:002007-08-31T00:20:00.000-04:002007-08-31T00:20:00.000-04:00While I observe a huge amount of 'Church Shopping' going on around the country, there are two other factors that may either skew the numbers a bit or rationalize the shifting masses.<BR/><BR/>1. Was there a significant time gap between churches? Many people grow up as nominal members of their parent's church and then drop out of the church scene till some life change motivates or calls them back. So, if there was a five, ten or twenty year gap in between churches, that raises a different concern than jumping from one church to another.<BR/><BR/>2. Did changing churches change their committment or involvement level? If they went from attending their old church a couple times a month and throwing a fiver in the plate once in awhile to showing up three times a week including Sunday Service, Small Group Study and the missions outreach team along with tithing ten percent of their income, I would see that as a positive change. <BR/><BR/>But if it's same-old-same-old; showing up only Sunday morning and going home to roast pastor for dinner, then we're just re-mixing the marbles.Karlnoreply@blogger.com