Are church troublemakers usually unsaved?
Yes, generally. The murmurers and complainers causing church problems are usually, though not always, the unsaved element. They lack real spiritual concern and spiritual knowledge, resembling the mixed multitude who murmured in the wilderness. In churches today, this pattern often explains splits and ongoing problems.
Les explains that the mixed multitude in Exodus were hangers-on, probably Egyptians and foreigners who had labored in Egypt, but they were not Jews themselves. They saw a good thing and decided to go along, becoming like parasites. In the wilderness, they were the first ones to start murmuring. Les applies this to churches that have problems, splits, and complaints, saying it goes back to the mixed multitude. He says most problems in churches today, the murmurers and complainers, are usually—not always—the unsaved element. They have no real spiritual concern or spiritual knowledge.