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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

15 things AA Can Teach the Church

Note: Stevi UMC hosts a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting which is based on the AA model.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has forever changed the church.  And it has done it right under our noses.  Or better put, in our church basements, classrooms, and meeting rooms.   AA introduced the concept of spirituality apart from religion.  It took away the middleman.  It has put into place the most successful self-duplicating, small group model in recent history.  And it has done it by emulating the model of the early church.  On June 10, 1015, AA turned 80 years old.  From extremely humble beginnings, an estimated 23 million people in the US now live with long term recovery from alcohol and other drugs.  Here are the top 15 things AA can teach the Church.

Read more at this link.

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