Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Aug 9, 2002
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I do not know if you knew this but the number of unchurched people is growing every year. “Only 41% of Americans attend church services on a typical weekend. Each new generation becomes increasingly unchurched. Slightly over one half (51%) of the builder generation (born before 1946) attends
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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A survey of hundreds of pastors has allowed us to compile a preliminary list of measurable quality factors in the life of a congregation in ranking order. The twelve factors are:
1. Bible knowledge. Church members are increasing in their grasp of the teachings of the Bible. They can integrate
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Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Aug 26, 2002
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"Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash."
1. I was forced to wash as a child.
2. People who wash are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others.
3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right.
4. I used to wash, but it got boring.
5. I wash only on Christmas or Easter.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Megachurch Marketing: 30,000 people attend Houston’s Lakewood Church every weekend to hear Pastor Joel Osteen. 7 million more catch his Sunday sermons on TV, which costs $15 million a year. Osteen’s book, Your Best Life Now, has sold 2.5 million copies. The flourishing Lakewood enterprise brought
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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A good friend of mine recently told me about an incident that happened to him that explains why a person can worship, and yet still not know God. It all began before the plane took off. Roger Williams III was sitting in the window seat and was looking forward to thumbing through a magazine on a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Online Generational Differences According to Forrester, almost 40% of Gen Y “likes to research products online and purchase them offline,” compared to 39% of Gen-Xers, 30% of Younger Boomers (ages 41-50) and less than 25% of Older Boomers (ages 51-61). In ’05 Gen X households accounted for over
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by
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