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The church is not:
* An ark for the saving of a select few.
* A ferryboat to take effortless passengers to the shores of heaven.
* A life insurance company, with no obligation on policy holders except the payment of a small annual premium.
* A social set, welcoming certain people and
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
CHURCH DROP-OUTS
70% of people who discontinue going to church in America do so between ages 18 and 22. Of those who attend college, 69% of active churchgoing youth stop attending church for at least a year between ages 18 and 22. Yet 71% of active churchgoing youth
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Contributed by Jay Mccluskey on Jan 28, 2009
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IS YOUR CHURCH A CHURCH OF BONES?
In the town of Sedlec in the Czech Republic, there is a famous cemetery that dates back to the 13th century. Some 40,000 people who died from the Black Plague in the 14th century and in the Hussite wars in the beginning of the 15th century were buried there.
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2006
Fewer Men In Church: In 1990, church sociologist George Barna found that 40% of the men he polled had some kind of church relationship. That figure has now slipped to 26%. The situation is probably even worse than this data indicates. Many men are in church on Sunday only because their wives and
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 31, 2003
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The church service ended at the Lutheran Church in New Sweden, Maine as everyone “passed the peace.” It was the first Sunday after Easter, and the 50 people in attendance headed to the fellowship hour to have some coffee. Some of the people complained that the coffee was bitter, but people
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Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2001
based on 139 ratings
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A church that has passion is a church where "Discouraged folks cheer up, dishonest folks fees up, sour folks sweeten up, closed folk, open up, gossipers shut up, conflicted folks make up, sleeping folks wake up, lukewarm folk, fire up, dry bones shake up, and pew
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Influential Churches The Church Report Magazine has published their annual list of the 50 most influential churches in America. 2006’s most influential church is Willow Creek Community Church. #2 is Saddleback, #3 Northpoint (Andy Stanley); #4 Fellowship Church (Ed Young); #5 Lakewood Church (Joel
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Strong Small Churches - The bigger a church grows, the worse it becomes both in quality and in its capability to reach new people. This surprising finding comes out of a Germany -based Institute of Church Development study of churches worldwide. In churches with attendance of less than 100, 31% of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
The roof of the church hall of a little church 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 a rich old man, known to be very tight with his money, who used to attend and sit near the back of
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Contributed by Tony Searles on Jul 24, 2002
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10% of church members cannot be found?
20% of church members never attend church
25% admit that they never pray
35% admit that they do not read their Bibles
40% admit that they never contribute to the church?tithe or offering
60% never give to missions
70% never assume responsibility within the
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 5, 2005
Touching in Church
What is all this touching in church? It used to be a person could come to church and sit in the pew and not be bothered by all this friendliness and certainly not by touching. I used to come to church and leave untouched. Now I have to be nervous about what is expected of me. I
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Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
Church Stats:
· 23.9% of Americans belonged to an evangelical denomination in ’65 compared to 25.4% in ’96.
· In ’65, 27.2% belonged to a mainline denomination, in ’96 it was down to 22.1%.
· Catholics have declined from 23.9% of the U.S. population in ‘65, to 21.8% in ’96.
· In ’90, 65% of
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 17, 2000
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THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHURCH
Calvin, who saw that the Devil’s chief device was disunity and division and who preached that there should be friendly fellowship for all ministers of Christ, made a similar point in a letter to a trusted colleague:
"Among Christians there ought to be so great a
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Keith Davis on May 4, 2003
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The Perfect Church
I think that I shall never see
A church that’s all it ought to be;
A church that has no empty pews,
Whose preacher never has the blues;
A church whose deacons always “deke”
And none is proud but all are meek;
Where gossips never peddle lies
Or make complaints or
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Troy Borst on May 27, 2003
based on 11 ratings
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What is the church?
Russ Blowers is a minister who is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by James Chandler on Jun 28, 2003
based on 20 ratings
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The Perfect Church
Mavis Williams
If you should find the perfect church
Without one fault or smear,
For goodness sake!
Don’t join that church;
You’d spoil the atmosphere.
If you should find the perfect church
Where all anxieties cease
Then pass it by, lest joining it
You’d mar the masterpiece.
If
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Dewitt on Jan 7, 2001
based on 120 ratings
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“The ‘detonator’ that churches lack today is prayer. It has the power to ignite the dynamite of the Gospel and
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Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
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AFTER CHURCH...
There he stood, in the midst of the Golden Corral restaurant, with Thousand Island dressing dripping from his hair, over his glasses, down his face, all over his jacket, pants, & shoes. And I’m not talking about a little bit of Thousand Island dressing, I’m talking about 2 gallons
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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Church For Fanatics
One man wrote "I was a supply preacher for a small town Texas Church, coming in early Sunday, preaching a sermon to the congregation, and then leaving after lunch. Arriving early one Sunday I sat down at a local donut shop, opened my Bible and went over my sermon notes. "
A man
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Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Dec 2, 2006
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Trouble in the Church
ACTS 15:1-12
I. Decision 15:1-4
A. Men 15:1
B. Method 15:2
C. Messages 15:3-4
II. Demand 15:5-6
A. Demands 15:5
B. Deliberations 15:6
III. Declaration 15:7-12
A. Choice 15:7
B. Comparison 15:8-9
C. Conversion 15:10-12
Introduction
Peter had
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Denomination:
Baptist
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