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Thom Rainer, author of the recently released Simple Life: Time, Relationships, Money, God can help you figure it out.
What were some of the warning signs my team saw? Though the list is not exhaustive, these five issues were common. Some of the churches had a one or two on the list; some had all five.
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From prayer leader Lou Engle:
It is critical that the Church in America understands the times and what needs to be done now. The natural things speak of the invisible. Natural happenings on the earth are revealing something that is going on in the spiritual realm. There is a great spiritual conflict with a rising tide [...]
Continue reading about Lou Engle issues call to prayer over next 5 days
Two important questions for the future in today’s Christian Post. Chuck Colson asks about the limits of obedience to the government… are State-run churches coming to America under the guise of preventing hate crimes and the like?
According to the Daily Telegraph, starting next year, the British government is going to begin forcing churches and other [...]
Not that we have too many of them in New England, but there’s an interesting survey out about the people who attend a megachurch, defined as a church with 2,000 members. From the Christian Post:
The report – “Not Who You Think They Are: The Real Story of People Who Attend America’s Megachurches” – is based [...]
Mainline Protestant denominations continue their free-fall, as highlighted in a US News & World Report piece that explores their adventures in advertising.
“The under-35 generation thinks church is a judgmental, hypocritical, insular place,” says Jamie Dunham, chief planning officer for Bohan Advertising & Marketing, the firm that designed the United Methodist campaign.
The idea of trying to [...]
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On the Internet, people can say anything about anybody. Sadly, and to our shame, this is often true even in Christian circles.
From time to time we receive comments about professing Christians which, were I to publish them, would subject me to a lawsuit for slander. I do not doubt that many such writers and commentators [...]
I actually couldn’t help laughing when I read about this – and I’m a pastor! In the fight to defend traditional values this story pretty much tells you how we got to where we are today.
After unknown persons, probably upset about California banning homosexual marriage, spray-painted swastikas on a San Francisco Catholic Church, the pastor [...]
Continue reading about When you vandalize a church, make sure you get the right one!
