Good stuff from Joe Thorn on the 7 Characteristics of an Ingrown Church out of the very helpful book Outgrowing the Ingrown Church (Amazon new and used) by C. John Miller. Go read for the whole thing, but here's the 7...
1. Tunnel Vision.
2. Group Superiority.
3. Extreme Sensitivity to Criticism.
4. Niceness in Tone.
5. Christian Soap Opera.
6. Confused Leadership Roles.
7. Misdirected Purpose.