Author: Charlie Wallace

This is the seventh and final part in a series of blog posts I’m calling Seven Plagues of the Evangelical American Church. These “plagues” are actually traits that I’ve identified and believe are causing more harm than good to churches in America. You can read the first post here. The Problem: Give Give Give $$$… Continue reading The Plague of the “Give, Give, Give” Mentality

This is part six in a series of blog posts I’m calling Seven Plagues of the Evangelical American Church. These “plagues” are actually traits that I’ve identified and believe are causing more harm than good to churches in America. You can read the first post here. The Problem: The sixth trait that I’ve identified is… Continue reading The Plague of “HYPE!!!!”

This is part five of a seven-part series called Seven Plagues of the Evangelical American Church where I am identifying certain church trends that are causing unhealthy situations in the church. You can read part one here. The Situation: Anything Short of Sin Southern Baptist churches have a recent, 20th century tradition of being “numbers-driven.”… Continue reading Should We Really Do Anything Short of Sin to Reach People?

This is the fourth installment in a seven part series. The first part may be read here. The fourth plague I’ve identified that is causing sickness in the Evangelical American church is what I’m calling “experience-driven worship.” This problem is really a subset of the larger problem of elevating one’s spiritual experience over the truth… Continue reading The Plague of Experience-Driven Worship

This is the third in a seven part series. The first two parts may be read here and here. The third plague I see that is ravaging the American Evangelical church is what I’m calling the excellence-driven experience. I remember reading a book a number of years ago where the author stated our church experiences… Continue reading The Plague of the “Excellence-driven Experience”

Last week I wrote the first post in a seven-part series that I’m calling the Seven Plagues of the Evangelical American Church. I wrote about the plague of the Celebrity/Expert/King model of pastor. This plague is very popular and emulated by many, but is also extremely unhealthy for the church as a whole. You can… Continue reading The Plague of “Narcigesis”

This is the first of a series of blog posts I’m calling Seven Plagues of the Evangelical American Church. These “plagues” are actually traits that I’ve identified and believe are causing more harm than good to churches in America. In each post I’m going to identify the plague, describe the plague, and then offer a… Continue reading The Plague of the “Celebrity Expert King” Pastor