Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
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The Church is expanding. 12 disciple grew to 120 in a upper room followed by Peters sermon 3000 believed, shortly after 5000 were add then came persecution till AD 313 Edict of toleration around 10 million Christians at this time. By the year 1000 this had grown to 50 million. By the end of the
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 9, 2006
I passed a church yesterday in Owen Sound that has a signed posted near its parking lot. It says, “CHURCH PARKING ONLY. VIOLATERS WILL BE TICKETED AND
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Robert Azinger on Dec 14, 2006
We have a dumpster out back of this church - at times the truck misses a week of two and the dumpster fills up - the garbage piles up till its over the brim and stacked up - over flowing with garbage and trash!! We call the fellow and the truck eventually comes
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Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
During the past decade the Mormon church grew the fastest in the U.S.—by 19% to 4.2 million
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
43% of United Methodist churches in America did not receive even one member by profession of faith in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Texas has 19 of the fastest growing churches in the U.S. Houston has 5 of the 100 largest and 8 of the fastest growing while Dallas boasts 5 of the largest and 6
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Southern Baptist Convention churches have a total membership of 16,270,315 in the U.S., more than 5% of the nation’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Collegiate Church Drop-Outs In ‘02, the SBC’s Council on Family Life reported 88% of evangelical children are leaving the church shortly after they graduate from high school. Estimates of 15 to 20 million people now in America have said they’re Christians but don’t want to be a part of the church.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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During World War II, a church building in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done. They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing. It had been sculpted centuries before by a great artist.
Taking a
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Dr. Norman Wright says that the church must prepare the members of the Body of Christ for Crises. Why? Because crises will come whether you are prepared or not and your survival is based on knowing what to do, what to say and how to handle the unexpected crises. He states, “Helping those in crisis
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Years ago a Christian Church in Albuquerque hired a church growth expert from California. I remember his presentation to the church board while I was a Youth Minister there. He gave many suggestions, but his biggest recommendation was that the church was located in a part of town that had no
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Nov 26, 2003
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Several churches in North Dakota were being served by a clever old preacher. The people were always amazed, for no matter what the circumstances, the preacher could always find something to give thanks for. As he made his rounds one cold December morning, he was late in getting to worship because
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Lutheran
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As a kid in a Baptist church, once a month after the morning service we had a fellowship hour. The congregation would immediately retire to the basement fellowship hall (there’s that word again), a room used for talking and eating for cookies and conversation. When you are twelve, you are most
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 16, 2004
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RON DUNN: The world does not fear the church, it barely tolerates it. It considers the church no longer a player in the world affairs and only an observer.
The church is a quaint old relic of the past that lends a certain charm to a
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