One of the largest and most well-known problems that exist in churches today is gossip. Gossip is spread easily throughout the church. False rumors are started and the rumor weed grows to uncontrollable levels. Gossip ruins the church and causes much conflict within the congregation. Even as the rumor weed grows, the church has the ability to prevent such a problem and come up with a solution. The solution just takes a little thought and thorough action to be solved. The rumor weed will be obliterated with the sincere help of the church.
             The biggest problem with gossip is that it ruins the relationships between the people and the church. It creates tension between groups of people that should be able to get along. That tension leads to greater stress and apprehension about being a part of a church. The gap between the individual and the church is greatly widened with the increase of gossip and rumors within the church.
             The church is meant to be a place of refuge. Where people can go and be accepted as they are. The separation between society and the church has a considerable difference. But, with gossip spreading throughout churches, the feeling of acceptance and refuge are not as well spoken of by church goers. With the rumor weed constantly growing, the more people want to avoid the tremendous amount of speculation and stress that is brought before them because of rumors that have been told about them in relation to the church. The desire of both church-goers and non-church goers to get involved in religion today has very much diminished. Today, because of gossip, religion is no longer viewed as desirable.
             One of the ways that the church could overcome a gossip problem is by creating a bigger gap of open communication between the congregation and the staff. By letting issues come into the open right away, there is less chance of rumors being made within the congregation. The monitoring of issues within the church will drasti...