TRIED AND TESTED: The Church, pt. 5

Did you know that in America 250 pastors per month leave the ministry, and up to 10,000 churches close their doors per year?  Why does that happen?  One of the reasons is that too many church goers have no concept of how God has ordained the church to help people experience occasional challenges and hardships that will make us mature and complete if only people would learn to stick around long enough for those frustrations to make them strong.  Learn in this teaching the unfavorable results of escapism, and the wonderful results of "allowing perseverance to finish its work."