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# How much fat is in your diet?
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2003623how-much-fat-is-in-your-diet-html/
- Published: 2003-06-23T16:25:44.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:43:50.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

[Tom Bandy](http://www.easumbandy.com/?ref=dashhouse.com) uses a diet metaphor for what's wrong with the church. The church, according to Bandy, is on a high-fat diet. He gave some examples of fat:

> Property and buildings  
> Old technology  
> Endowments  
> "Churchy" music  
> Curriculum  
> Paid staff members

The solution isn't to eliminate all fat from a diet. It's to maintain a healthy diet that includes worship, spiritual growth, missions, leadership and relevant organization that follows its mission. I wonder if the problem with our churches today isn't that we have buildings and programs and staff members. I wonder if the problem is that we've allowed these things to take over the essence of what it means to be a church. Maybe they're okay if kept in their place as part of a healthy, balanced diet. But, as anyone can tell you, fatty food has a way of taking over.