The Sunday school, the women's program, the choir, and the youth group are examples of programs that are often driving forces in churches. In program-driven churches, all the energy is focused on maintaining and sustaining the programs of the church. Some churches are driven by their buildings. Sometimes a congregation is so anxious to have a nice building that the members spend more than they can afford. Paying for and maintaining the building becomes the biggest budget item, and the actual ministry of the church suffers.
Some churches worship their beautiful building.
Their real motive is to get people to come see their church building. Some churches are driven by events. If you look at the calendar of an event-driven church, you might get the impression that the goal of the church is to keep people busy. Something is going on every night of the week. As soon as one big event is completed, work begins on the next one.