We kill the church when we make Christianity about fulfilling a vision. When a church, staff, program, or outreach is forced to service a vision, striving is about to begin. Joy and peace levels fall—casualties of striving to fulfill visions. The impetus of attachment love gives way to burnout. People who question the vision risk being downgraded as Christians. Justifications begin to multiply—both for visions and for having enough to do. Justifications come with a great deal of “Christianeze”—pious language intended to make supporting (or avoiding) the vision a righteous act. This is
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