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# The underlying issues
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200745the-underlying-issues-html/
- Published: 2007-04-05T21:59:22.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:32:52.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

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

[Emerging Grace](http://emerginggrace.blogspot.com/index.html?ref=dashhouse.com) has a [great post](http://emerginggrace.blogspot.com/2007/04/underlying-issues.html?ref=dashhouse.com) on some of the underlying issues of church as usual. It's a follow up to Bill Kinnon's post [The People Formerly Known as the Congregation](http://www.kinnon.tv/2007/03/the%5Fpeople%5Fform.html?ref=dashhouse.com).

> **Passivity**  
> We are convinced that a church system which allows believers to fulfill their weekly spiritual obligation by listening to a sermon creates a consumerist audience who have not been encouraged to step into the responsibility of being a disciple and discipling others.

> **Clergy/Laity**  
> We have seen that the false distinction between clergy and laity has led to a professionalization of ministry which contributes to the passivity of congregants.

[more](http://emerginggrace.blogspot.com/2007/04/underlying-issues.html?ref=dashhouse.com)