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Speaking of Pit Stops, our church secretary, Adra told me about a “pit stop” her roommate from college was forced to make the other day.
She was driving to the airport when a bottle of coke that she had in the back seat exploded! Coke went everywhere! Of course that startled her, and she was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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Things churches can do to build greater interest in religion, according to a Gallup survey: improve communication with members (21% of respondents); concentrate more on personal spiritual matters (19%); become more involved in community matters (18%); focus more efforts on young people (14%). Other
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Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Jan 3, 2006
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A preacher once told of his church taking out the towel dispensers from their bathrooms and installing electric dryers in their place. He said that someone had taped a note on one of the blow dryers which said, “Please
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Mega Church Growth Slows: A new study by Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, indicates that after 20 years of rapid growth, churches of more than 2000 members, growth has markedly slowed. There are approximately 500 such mega churches in the U.S. and nearly all have a conservative theological
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
Where Does The Money Go? A recent Your Church magazine survey finds U.S. churches spend their median $203,590 annual budget as follows: 43% for staff compensation, 20% for facilities (rent, mortgage, utilities, upkeep), 16% for missions, 9% for church programs, 6% for administration and supplies,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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George Barna says, “As long as churches measure success on the basis of popularity and efficiency, we will continue to see a nation filled with people who can recite Bible stories but fail to live
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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Small Church Study: A Barna new survey discovered that small churches (defined as average weekend attendance of 100 or fewer adults) are more likely than either mid-sized (301-999 adults) or large churches (1000 or more adults) to draw people who are not college graduates and are more likely to
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