Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 5, 2004
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Win Arn, a leading church consultant conducted a survey:
He surveyed members of nearly a thousand churches asking the question, “Why does the church exit?? The results? Of the church members surveyed, 89 percent said, “The church’s purpose is to take care of my family’s and my needs.? For many,
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Adventist
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A church member went to his pastor, Phillips Brooks, to tell him he was going to the Holy Land. He said that it was his intention to visit Mount Sinai. "In fact," the man told the minister, "I plan to climb to the top of that mountain and when I get there read aloud the Ten Commandments."
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 21, 2004
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A church had a change in music. An elderly man was asked if he like the music. “No, I don’t. But when I see all of the young people and when I see my own grandchildren praising the Lord, this is
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 24, 2004
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A.D. 110. Ignatius, overseer of the church in Antioch, was arrested and sent to Rome for preaching Christ. Facing martyrdom, he wrote this to the church at Rome.
“Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing of visible or invisible things so that I may but win Christ. Let fire and the cross,
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Orthodox
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W.A. Criswell was pastor of a country church when he was in college. He had a family in his church named Davison. They were some of the finest people. One day he complimented one of the Davisons on their love and loyality to Christ. He said, "Tell me why the Davisons are so devoted and active for
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Frank Zerbel on Feb 4, 2005
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I remember setting in the church office working on a sermon when I heard something in the sanctuary. As I got out there I saw a ragged young man stepping out the door. I caught up with him and asked if I could help him. He was crying and proceeded to tell me who he was and that he felt something
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 24, 2007
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While in seminary, I pastored a small church near Bunn,NC. Within four weeks I conducted funeral services for five of our oldest church members. The experience of dealing with so much death in such a brief period of time caused me a great deal of emotional stress. Following a morning service, one
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
Many church buildings, ours included, are shaped like an upside down boat. You might even here it called the “Nave” at times, the Latin word from which we get our word Navy.
We live in a stormy world. The
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 5, 2007
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One sunday the pastor was on his way to church when he happens to pass by a man fishing in the lake. He noticed that the man fishing was his church member. He asked why the member was fishing when he was supposed to be in church. The member replied, " its better for me to do fishing because my mind
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Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 22, 2007
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Soren Kierkagaard said, “I went into church and sat on the velvet pew. I watched as the sun came shining through the stained glass windows. The minister dressed in a velvet robe opened the golden gilded Bible, marked it with a silk bookmark and said, ‘If any man will be my disciple, said Jesus, let
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 6, 2007
The music/worship leader of a large church led fantastic worship services and choirs. Out of 800 people there were 200 in choir. Each Sunday morning he would receive a note from the same person. The note was always critical telling him where he had failed to lead worship. Imagine every Sunday,
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Baptist
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 10, 2007
A church had an unusual ritual every Sunday morning.
• Before the church sang the Doxology, they would stand up,
• everyone would turn to the right and face a blank white wall,
• and they would sang.
• Every Sunday they did this
• Finally a visitor to the church was confused and asked,
• “Why
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Christian Church
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2008
Wall Street Journal
Banned From Church
Reviving an ancient practice, churches are exposing sinners and shunning those who won’t repent.
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
January 18, 2008; Page W1
On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at Allen Baptist Church in southwestern
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Independent/Bible
“F. B. Meyer was pastor of Christ’s Church in London at the time that G. Campbell Morgan was pastor of Westminster Chapel and Charles H. Spurgeon was pastor of the Metropolitan Chapel. Both Morgan and Spurgeon often had much larger audiences than did Meyer. Troubled by envy, Meyer confessed that
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Methodist
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
Loren Mead: The mission of God and His church is “to see that no pain is unshared, not hurt unnoticed, no hunger untouched, no loss grieved alone, no death unknown, and no joy uncelebrated…The Church is to identify itself with the suffering that creeps into every life, every home, every
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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While pastoring a church in north Louisiana I was helping a friend with a problem he had with a car. He was a mechanic by trade and profession. His wife made the best biscuits you ever put in your mouth. Having stopped at the right time several times before I knew when she set them on the table. He
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 11, 2008
A church in New York in 1963 closed down and someone stuck a sign on the outside of the front door: “Gone out of business. Didn’t know what our business was.”
Is your business honoring Jesus Christ? Is your business listening to his word? Is your business following him in every area of your life?
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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