{"id":4562,"date":"2011-05-06T08:11:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2012-12-26T23:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T07:29:40","slug":"cut-all-church-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/cut-all-church-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut All Church Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/cut-all-church-programs\/programs\/\" title=\"RedeemingGod image 4564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4564\" title=\"programs\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/programs-200x132.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/programs-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/programs.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Chapter 5 in my book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/close-your-church-for-good\/\">Close Your Church for Good<\/a>, <\/em>is called &#8220;Cut All Church Programs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Please note that due to some of the feedback I receive on these posts, this chapter might be radically revised for the final edition of the book. These changes will only be available in the print or eBook version when it comes out.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the blog posts that come from this chapter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/gauging-church-efficiency\/\">Gauging\u00a0Church Efficiency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/always-at-training-never-trained\/\">Always at Training, Never Trained<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/kill-church-programs\/\">Kill Church Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/successful-church-programs\/\">Three Keys to Successful Church Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read the content of any other chapters, check out the post which contains the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/close-your-church-for-good\/\">Table of Contents to\u00a0<em>Close Your Church for Good.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post contains the contents for chapter 5  from my book, &#8220;Close your Church 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