Contributed by David Moore on Jan 16, 2007
A 6 year girl in our church had the greatest insight.
While remodeling the back of there house, an old piano became the subject of conversation. Being an upright piano the kids had grown to like the looks of it. Because it had been in a room that was exposed to the differences of hot and cold
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Who Needs Church? Even though the Bible is clear about the importance of experiencing God through a shared faith journey, only 17% of adults believe the local church is central to one’s faith development. Only 33% of evangelicals, 20% of non-evangelical born again adults, and 25% of adults with a
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 16, 2007
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You Know It’s A Bad Church Business Meeting When...
…People arrive at the meeting, clutching copies of books about "spiritual abuse."
…You’re asked to try on a pair of bloody gloves.
…A loyal supporter presses a can of Mace into your hands.
…The church constitution suddenly becomes revered as
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Annual giving to U.S. Protestant churches in 2005 is currently estimated at $93
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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Older Churches, especially those 40 to 80 years old, on average declined 1.5% to 1.6% between ’03 and ’04. At the same time younger churches
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2005
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My Wife and I was on our way to church the other day; I was in my car and she was in her car. We deceided to find out which one of us would get to the church first. My son was in the car with me and my daughter was in the car with my wife. My wife pulled out of the drive-way before I did and down
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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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Christian/Church Of Christ
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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United Methodist
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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