In Sermon Illustrations: "Boring Sermons"

The Graduate School Of Ministry Management (Gsmm) ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Graduate School of Ministry Management (GSMM) has launched a graduate program designed to support top level Christian ministry and marketplace executives. Modeled after Executive MBA programs established by major universities, GSMM’s mandate is to empower and equip Christian leaders with ...read more

Tags: Church General

American Baptist Churches Usa Is Expected To Lose ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Baptist Churches USA is expected to lose several hundred churches over homosexuality. It may become the biggest church exodus from any ...read more

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment And The Dove ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and The Dove Foundation are partnering to help consumers searching for family-friendly entertainment. The Dove Family Approved Seal gauges the levels of questionable content. For a list of titles ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

A New Grammar Rule Devised In The Netherlands And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A new grammar rule devised in the Netherlands and Belgium stipulates the word “Christ” shall be spelled with a lowercase “c. ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Half Of All New Churches Since 1945 Were Started ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Half of all new churches since 1945 were started in the ‘90s, and the majority meet in rented facilities. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

Grandparents Will Spend $3.3 Billion On Toys For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Grandparents will spend $3.3 billion on toys for their grandchildren this year. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Family

The Financial Wealth Of The World Has Moved From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The financial wealth of the world has moved from $28.5 trillion in ‘03 to $30.8 trillion in ‘04, an 8.2% increase. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

The Number Of Billionaires In The World Grew From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of billionaires in the world grew from 587 in ‘04 to a record 691 people from 45 countries this year. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

About 1 In 5 Americans Have Had To Evacuate Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About 1 in 5 Americans have had to evacuate their homes because of a pending natural disaster. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

79% Of Americans Believe Someone Of A Faith Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

79% of Americans believe someone of a faith other than their own can attain salvation or go to heaven. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Truth

10 Million People (8% Of U.s. Coupled Households) ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

10 million people (8% of U.S. coupled households) are cohabiting with a partner of the opposite sex. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

American's Biggest Money Worries Are Energy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American’s biggest money worries are energy costs, healthcare costs, and simply not having enough money. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

About Three-Quarters Of A Million American ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About three-quarters of a million American children see their parents divorce each year. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Women Are Either Directly Responsible For Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Women are either directly responsible for or influence 80¢ of every dollar spent in the U.S., including stocks, computers, and autos. ...read more

Tags: Women

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor and current President of the National Association of Evangelicals, reports that about 69,000 people around the world are becoming Christians daily. That’s roughly one-third of the global ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Family Devotions 50% Of Traditional Parents ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Family Devotions 50% of traditional parents (married with kids) say they attend religious services once a week or more, but only 36% of nontraditional parents do so. However, 49% of both families read religious scriptures every week; 45% of traditional families and 42% of nontraditional families ...read more

Tags: Children

American Families

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Families · 80% of Americans agree it is better for children if their parents are married, but 55% also agree that “love is what makes a family.” · 49% of Americans agree that married people are happier than unmarried people. · 97% of Americans in traditional families and 88% in ...read more

Tags: Children

Life Is Harder 67% Of U.s. 13 Year-Olds Say Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Life is Harder 67% of U.S. 13 year-olds say their lives are harder that their parents when they were teens. 18% say it’s easier while 15% say it’s ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Marriage In A Recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Marriage In a recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly poll 71% of Americans agree “God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for life.” Only 22% think divorce is sin while 49% say cohabitation is acceptable. Only 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Even In A "Good Divorce," Where Parents Amicably ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Even In A “Good Divorce,” where parents amicably minimize their conflicts, children inhabit a more difficult emotional landscape than those in intact families, according to a new survey. Divorce restructures children’s childhoods and leaves them traveling between two distinct worlds. It becomes ...read more