Self-preservation is the enemy of the church

The church has such incredible potential to impact a city for eternity. When everyone in the church is firing on all cylinders, using their gifts and talents, the result is explosive and beautiful. But getting everyone involved is a delicate operation. They've been burned-out and abused, unappreciated and undermined, overworked and overwhelmed. To get at the core issue of what defused them... it's like trying to get a charge back into an explosive device. Caaareful...