10 Toxic Traditions That Are Killing the Church

Choosing to reject culture rather than redeem it.

Some churches treat anything outside of its four walls as so toxic that it could never be brought into the holy sanctuary. So if one church decides to play a secular song or leverage a popular movie or television show as a bridge to the gospel, it will always take friendly fire from behind because they ‘caved’ to culture. If we continually reject culture rather than try and redeem it, we’ll find ourselves having no bridges left to try and reach the outside community. Not all culture is bad. Not all culture is evil. When done the right way, leveraging and redeeming contemporary culture is a powerful way to reach a community. You can’t love someone and judge them at the same time. Churches have to choose whether to reject or redeem the culture around them. But be warned, rejecting culture outright is toxic to the church.