Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 24, 2008
From time to time we hear statistics about how people first came into church membership. These figures trace back to the Institute of American Church Growth, which asked 10,000 people about their pilgrimage. What led them in? The answers were: special need, 2%; walk-in, 3%; Pastor, 6%;
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
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I Want to Stay With You
That reminds me of what happened one Sunday after a Child Dedication service. As a young family was driving away from church after the dedication of their baby, little Johnny, the older brother, cried all the way home in the back seat of the car. His mother asked him three
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Mennonite
Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 19, 2010
Now to a Jewish person, any time the word “sacrifice” was used, they would’ve immediately thought about the lambs that were sacrificed at the temple. Those sheep were raised up, they were fed, taken care of and protected, for the sole purpose of the sacrifice on the alter of God. That’s what a
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Rj Davis on Jul 6, 2010
During the 1980’s, more than 17,000 members of a major evangelical denomination were surveyed about their prayer habits while attending seminars on prayer for spiritual awakening. Because they attended this kind of seminar, we can assume these people are above average in their interest in prayer.
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 6, 2011
John Henry Jowett was born in Halifax, England in 1864. He became Congregational pastor.
He said on one occasion he saw seventy Salvation Army officers receive their commission for foreign service. That is seventy men being assigned to serve God in a foreign country.
John Henry Jowett said not
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Brethren
Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 10, 2011
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THIS TOO SHALL PASS
"Walking on Water" Sermonspice video about Bethany Hamilton (Soul Surfer), also quote from Pastor TL Lewis Bethel Baptist Missionary Church, Pratt City Alabama who quoted the following after his church was destroyed from Tornado:
"I can't tell you that I don't hurt over this,
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Christian Church
Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
HOT AIR
When we were building this sanctuary we were discussing whether to put paper towel dispensers in the new rest rooms or those hot-air hand dryers. I strongly recommended the paper towel dispensers because of a story I heard about at another church. They installed the hot-air hand dryers.
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Baptist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2003
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[A Christmas Story, unknown]
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid.
I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!" (Rejection!)
My Grandma was not
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
swimming lessons.
When I was about six years old I took swimming lessons one summer.
Remember, what it was like?
I was scared – but it wasn’t so bad.
Start by blowing bubbles, splashing in the pool, Dog paddle,
Pushing off from the side of the pool.
Instructor is always there
Lightly guiding you
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
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"How often have we prayed something like, ’O Lord, be with cousin Billy now in a special way’? Have we stopped to consider what it is we’re requesting? Imagine that you are a parent who is preparing to leave your children with a babysitter. Would you dream of saying, ’O Betsy, I ask you now that
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Randy Brantley, of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention Evangelism Dept, said that a "code blue" needs to be issued for reaching today’s teenagers. Pointing out that "code blue is the hospital term for a life-or-death emergency, Brantley notes: "Suicide has increased 120 percent among kids ages 10
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Methodist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 11, 2003
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Robert Russell tells this story:
There is a huge rivalry in college basketball between the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.
The story is told that at one of the games between the two schools, an elderly woman was sitting alone with an empty seat next to her.
Someone
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