Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 13, 2005
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Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Church in Riverside, California, was having lunch with Billy Graham. Ruth, Billy’s wife, had made a classic southern lunch of fried chicken, collard greens, and the works. It was Greg’s first time to meet Billy Graham; he was nervous. Greg says, “I had many questions
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Pentecostal
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Church Signs from beliefnet.com
"Beat the Christmas rush, come to church this Sunday!"
"Don’t wait for the hearse to take you to church."
"Don’t give up. Moses was once a basket case."
"Life has many choices. Eternity has two. What’s yours?"
"Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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h. The day the church treasurer resigned the church asked the local grain elevator manager to take the position. He agreed under two conditions. That no treasurer’s report would be given for the first year. That no questions be asked about finances during that year. The people were surprised but
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The dear lady was visiting the church for the first time. The Pastor’s family was greeting the worshipers at the front door after the service. They happened to be having a dinner on the grounds, and the Pastor invited the rather stout visitor to stay.
Said the dear lady to the Parson, "Your
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 25, 2001
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Jerome, the Church historian, relates of the Apostle John that, when he became old he used to go among the churches and assemblies, everywhere repeating the words, “Little children, love one another.” His disciples, wearied by the constant repetition, asked him why he always said this. “Because,”
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Contributed by Rodney Byrd on Jul 12, 2001
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A church educational worker was sent to a community once to help a Sunday school take a religious census. In one home, he was asking the mother of the house the routine questions: “Are you a church member?”, “What church?”, etc. When he came to the question, “Are you a Christian?” the lady
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 25, 2001
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Twenty Nigerian Churches Demolished For ’Enviromental’ Concerns
by Obed Minchakpu
KANO, Nigeria (Compass) -- Twenty church buildings were demolished July 6-13 in Kano city of northern Nigeria by the Kano State Environmental Planning and Protection Agency (KASEPPA) after the agency claimed the
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 15, 2002
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"...at a Presbyterian church in Omaha. People were given helium filled balloons and told to release them at some point in the service when they felt like expressing the joy in their hearts. Since they were Presbyterians, they weren’t free to say "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord." All through the
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 2, 2001
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A conference at a Presbyterian church in Omaha. People were given helium filled balloons and told to release them at some point in the service when they felt like expressing the joy in their hearts. Since they were Presbyterians, they weren’t free to say "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord." All through
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
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SIGN ON CHURCH BULLETIN BOARD
"Merry Christmas to our Christian friends. Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends. And to our atheist friends, good luck.
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Feb 3, 2003
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The Republican Methodist Church began on Christmas Day, 1793 in Manikintown Virginia. It was formed by several Methodist congregations who rebelled against the Methodist Episcopal form of government brought from England. Soon. There were several thousand members and whole congregations had joined
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Contributed by Karl Ingersoll on Mar 8, 2003
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The church that is alive and well is a growing one. Where there is no growth there is a problem.
Some churches have parking problems, some other churches don’t.
Some churches have kids running around making a lot of noise some other churches tend to be very quiet.
Some churches usually have
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Methodist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 11, 2003
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The following incident is vouched for by a Church of England clergyman who knew all the circumstances.
A young woman, who had been brought up in a Christian home and who had often had very serious convictions in regard to the importance of coming to Christ, chose instead to take the way of the
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Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
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“It’s not a picture of a CEO of a church –– sitting behind a desk or in a boardroom, making decisions, tapping gavels, dispatching memos, and announcing edicts it’s not a picture of a dynamic speaker who can hold an audience in his hand and bring people to tears and it’s not even a learned scholar
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