In Sermon Illustrations: "Missing Church"

1) Churches Will Need To Reach The Diversity Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

(1) Churches will need to reach the diversity of the growing population. (2)New approaches to “senior adult” ministries as the percent of aging population increases. (3)Continued emphasis in children’s ministries as 3 to 4 new generations of children make their appearance. (4)Increased ...read more

Tags: Church General

Churched-As-Children Individuals Are Twice As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Churched-As-Children individuals are twice as likely as the unchurched-as-children niche to be born again Christians (44% vs. 24%), and significantly more likely to hold an orthodox view of God’s nature (74% vs. 54%). A minority of both groups believes in the existence of the Holy Spirit and of ...read more

Tags: Church General

State Of The Church: "The Fact That There Has Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

State Of The Church: “The fact that there has not been any measurable increase in church involvement or personal spiritual depth in the past decade challenges the widespread notion that the U.S. is as spiritually healthy and focused as ever. This has been an intriguing year regarding the spiritual ...read more

Tags: Church General

Church Attendance At Least Monthly Is Higher In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Church Attendance at least monthly is higher in the Midwest (45%) and the South (40%) than in the East (30%) or the West (27%), reports a recent Harris Interactive Poll. ...read more

Tags: Church General

Where Are The Pastors? Presbyterian Church, Usa, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Where Are The Pastors? Presbyterian Church, USA, reports that almost 50% of PCUSA churches with 51 to 100 members are without a pastor. Over 76.6% of these Presbyterian congregations of less than 50 have no pastor. A significant number of small rural and inner-city churches do not have a pastor, ...read more

Tags: Church General

Churches May Support The Federal Marriage ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Churches may support the Federal Marriage Amendment without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, according to Liberty Counsel. Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council, says, as long as a church stops short of endorsing a specific party or ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The Wall Separating Church And Economics Is Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

The Wall Separating Church And Economics is being breached. “More and more scholars have been using conventional economic methods to understand the way in which religion relates to the rest of society, and to the economy in particular,” says George Mason University professor Laurence R. Iannaccone. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15-16

Tags: Christian Values

Anglican Church Faces Split: The Worldwide ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Anglican Church Faces Split: The Worldwide Anglican Communion has delivered an ultimatum to the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada: Stop endorsing homosexuality or leave the Anglican Communion! Both churches must cease ordaining homosexuals and presiding over same-sex ceremonies ...read more

88% Of Homeschool Grads Are Members Of A Church, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

88% of homeschool grads are members of a church, community group, union, homeschool group or professional organization versus 50% of U.S. ...read more

Tags: Children

Who Belongs To A Church? 31% Are Not Christians ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Who Belongs to a church? 31% are not Christians and 14% may not be Christians leaving just 55% who are Christians. (The Rainer Group, ...read more

Tags: Church General

Multi-Site Churches: According To Leadership ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Multi-Site Churches: According to Leadership Network research, at least 1,000 churches across North America could currently be described as multi-site. They do so by extending themselves to more than one location—some across town, some across the ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Presbyterian Church (Usa) Membership Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Presbyterian Church (USA) membership has declined from 4.2 million in ’83, the year it was formed, to 2.36 million today. ...read more

Tags: Church General

Build & Grow: Church Researcher, The Rainer ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Build & Grow: Church researcher, The Rainer Group, reports that 81% of churches experienced growth following a building program. ...read more

Tags: Church General

Alternative Church: In A Typical Week, 22% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Alternative Church: In a typical week, 22% of American adults engage in spiritual encounters outside the traditional church, 9% participate in a house church while more than 10% turn to the Internet as their foundation for interactive faith experience (Most in tandem with another form). Revolution, ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Church Growth: According To The 2003 Yearbook Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Church Growth: According to the 2003 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church experienced a 12% growth. Catholics followed with a 2.5% increase, while Mormons and the Assemblies of God each reported 2% growth in ‘01, the latest year for which figures ...read more

Tags: Church General

Singles Ignored: Generally Churches Ignore ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Singles Ignored: Generally churches ignore singles or treat them as if they are strange. Given the fact that almost 50% of the U.S. adult population is single, churches need to recognize singles as normal. And churches need to minister to their diverse needs, including those who have ...read more

Tags: Church General

This Much Is Sure In All Churches, Forgetting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer- meeting. If weak in prayer ...read more

Tags: Prayer Persistence

Jesus Never Called The Church To Reflect The ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 4, 2006

“Jesus never called the church to reflect the world’s culture, but to change the culture of the world. Therefore, you cannot ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

In Our Church There Are Several Couples Who ...

Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006

In our church there are several couples who built houses last year. All of them lived in rental homes until their new homes were completed. How many of them do you think spent a lot of time fixing up those rental homes? Yes, they wanted it to be clean and comfortable and functional, but they did ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Roof Of The Church Hall Of A Little Swiss ...  PRO

Contributed by Joel Santos on Jun 21, 2006

The roof of the church hall of a little Swiss church, at the turn of the 20th century, was falling down. So the members of the church held regular prayer meetings in the hall after the service to pray for funds to repair the roof. There was an old man, known to be very tight with his money, who ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational