Spiritual Unemployment Vol. Unemployment is a perpetual concern for most Americans. A daily watch is kept on the local, state and national unemployment indexes. Thankfully, in recent months the number of unemployed people has dropped. This contributes to a more stable economy.
Unemployment is also a perpetual concern, and problem, for most church leaders.
The national average of unemployed church members is estimated to be between 70 and 80 percent. It is not because of a lack of work, nor the overabundance of workers. The Bible makes it clear that members of the church must work. Since it is not possible to attribute unemployment in the church to a lack of work, there must be other reasons for its occurrence. Before we note some of those, we need to be reminded about God's attitude toward laziness and idleness, which are contributors to unemployment.