Here is a litmus test for detecting if a minister is copying and pasting from Groeschel, Driscoll, Stanley, and Willow Creek:
- All the sermons are in series, and they have clever names. The sermon series or the titles show up at Groeschel's Lifechurch or Swerve sites, or at other Schwaermer beehives.
- Professional graphics suddenly appear, and they can be Googled, using Google pictures.
- The sermon titles appear in many different congregational websites in various denominations.
- The minister vaguely attends a "pastor conference" far away.
- Schwaermer books appear in the church library and members are urged to read them. Google the authors and they all seem to be Fuller, Emerging Church, or business management writers.
- The adult study class uses a Shrinker book as its text. The Book of Concord - never.
- The congregation moves into CCM and puts a band in the chancel area.
- Cousin Brunhilda sings CCM with taped background music.
- The liturgy is "bad" or being squeezed out with "blended" services.
- The congregation has its own coffee house, grounds for requesting an immediate transfer.
- The minister seems bewitched and uses Schwaermer lingo, like "transforming lives."
- The congregation has a female staffer who is de facto an assistant pastor.
