Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
E-mail Content Sharing 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Congregation Finances 57% of U.S. congregations report their financial situation is good or excellent vs. 66% in ’00. Financial health of congregations varies by faith community. 48% of Old-line Protestant congregations report their financial situation is good or
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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A GREAT TRUTH
A psychiatrist once unknowingly referred to one of God’s paradoxes, remarking, "The greatest secret of mental health comes down to us in the words, ’Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 10, 2011
KINGDOM INFRASTRUCTURE
America’s economic health is partly dependent upon infrastructure: speedy roads, bridges, trains, electrical capacity, usable water, high speed internet, trained or skilled workers, etc.
Healthy churches are foundational to getting God’s work done: they support the
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There is a story told about a faithful old deacon whose oft repeated prayer expression was, "O Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger."
One prayer meeting night he was leading in prayer when as he intoned this petition, as he so often did, he abruptly stopped praying.
Supposing he had been
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 31, 2006
"In matters of the heart, no less than the market, a bigger investment means better returns…..marrriage for most people is the means to health, happiness, wealth, sex, and long life. In love, victory goes not to the half-hearted but to the brave: to those ordinary people who dare to take on the
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 19, 2002
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Rick Warren states, and I agree, that the key issue for churches in the 21st Century will be church health, not growth. Because when a congregation is healthy it will grow. God wants his church to grow, and to the extent that we are healthy, to that extent we will
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Methodist
A mayor in Brazil, Da Silva was seeking to make its citizens get adequate health care and solve the problem of a lack of burial space. He proposed that a fine or jail time for the family of those who had family members who died too
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 11, 2007
In a recent article Mindy Caliguire wrote, "With the performance pressures church leaders face today, it’s a wonder more are not flaming out. I wish more churches could talk honestly about the ministry systems that perpetuate the problem. What will have to happen before we change?
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Contributed by Joshua Parrish on Jun 19, 2008
"Children who live absent their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely to be poor, to use drugs, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, to be victims of child abuse, and to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live with
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