How to Kill a Church

4½ months before her death, my wife Mirjam said to me, "Our Church is going like a bomb. That's what I say." I said that it was easier to bring it to its knees than to make it go like a bomb -- and I listed various things. Since I still have that list, here it is: 

• One would kill it with a lesser view of God.
• One would kill it by reducing member participation.
• One would kill it by condoning disruptive behaviour.
• One would abolish simple English.
• One would change our view of Scripture.
• One would harbour an anxious spirit.
• One would reduce opportunities for fellowship.
• One would abolish the believers Church principle.