What's obsolete in your church that you're still using?

Guest post by John Poitevent

Churches that are serious about being strategic and effective should consider evaluating their programs and processes on a quarterly bases. You may be familiar with the street light exercise using red, yellow and green dots. Making a list of your programs and processes by department, ask your team, "what should we keep doing, what should we reevaluate, and what should we stop?" You'd be amazed at how insightful this simple activity can be.

This is a great reflection by Todd Rhoades.

NBC News has compiled a list of twelve technologies that should be totally gone from society… but for one reason or another live on.

Here’s the list:

1. Dial-up internet

2. Pagers

3. Dot matrix printers

4. PDA’s

5. Pay phones

6. VHS and cassette tapes

7. Landline phones

8. CRT televisions

9. Film cameras

10. Windows 98 and 2000

11. Fax machines

12. Vinyl records 

I’m wondering… what ‘obsolete’ things is your church holding on to?

You know… things that people still use because they’re used to it, or will resort to it in a pinch… but really aren’t necessary anymore 

Found here:  Denny Burk