STAGES OF DISLOYALTY

THIRD STAGE

PASIVIY
After being offended by one thing or the other, people become passive. When a person is in the passive stage of the disloyalty process he does not involve himself in much. He sits and watches unconcerned and uninvolved. Pastors, look out for people in the congregation who are indifferent and unconcerned. They are potential deserters of the ship.
Watch out for the Uninvolved Members
For instance, I consider members to be passive if they don’t get involved in prayer meetings or smaller group activities. If all businessmen were called for a meeting, he is not likely to attend, even though he is a businessman. Such people may have been hurt in the recent past. They say things like, “I don’t want any more trouble in this church. Let me just keep to myself.”


“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Jeremiah 48:10

You can see from the above Scripture that God expects you to get involved when you have something to contribute.
This verse is actually teaching us that it is a curse to be uninvolved when you have something to pitch in.
Passivity is dangerous because you move rapidly into the critical stage of disloyalty.
In order to become critical you must be uninvolved. You must have enough time to scrutinize and despise the church and its leaders.
Don’t you know that an uninvolved person more readily sees the faults around him? As they say, it is the bystander who sees that the worker is digging a crooked trench. All leaders must learn to look for this important sign of passivity among their workers. The uninterested leader is uninvolved for a reason.”

Excerpt From: Dag Heward-Mills. “The Stages of Disloyalty.” Dag Heward-Mills. iBooks.