Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2006
Return To Roots: Mainline denominations are casting off generic texts and hymns and reasserting sectarian beliefs to stem declining memberships. Methodists, Presbyterians Lutherans and Episcopalians all too often don’t know their denomination’s historic distinctives. Frequently less than 25% of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
"The old structures of the denominations are realigning, redefining and collapsing in a way that they haven’t for 200 years," says Bill Leonard, Dean of Wake Forest Divinity School and American Christianity historian. People switching to evangelical, nondenominational churches is on the
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 12, 2005
What purpose do these denominations play? Charles Spurgeon, great Baptist preacher of 19th century London uses an illustration. Spurgeon said:
“When I read [Genesis 6:14, about rooms in Noah’s ark] I thought it would serve for a point in the parable… Those who lived in one room did not stand or
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Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2006
Denominational Loyalty has remained unexpectedly strong among those who attended church as children. The church preferences of the adults who did not attend a Christian congregation when young are more likely to attend Baptist churches and not mainline Protestant or Catholic churches. Barna
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Pastors Older: Several Protestant denominations report that their corps of pastors is not just decreasing but aging, with less than 10% age 35 or younger, compared with rates as high as 24% a generation ago. More than 30% of pastors in several denominations are above 55, higher than a generation
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2006
Denominational Threat: Half of all church going Americans are attending only 12% of the nation’s 400,000 churches. This has to be quite troubling to denominations, the many of the largest churches are either not denominationally affiliated, or if they are
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Contributed by John Shearhart on May 13, 2006
7000 Protestant youth from many denominations were asked whether they agreed with the following statements:
"The way to be accepted by God is to try sincerely to live a good life." More than 60% agreed.
"God is satisfied if a person lives the best life he can." Almost 70% agreed.
"The main
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 29, 2007
7000 Protestant youth from many denominations were asked whether they agreed with the following statements:
“The way to be accepted by God is to try sincerely to live a good life.” More than 60% agreed.
“God is satisfied if a person lives the best life he can.” Almost 70% agreed.
“The main
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
I was talking to a pastor friend on the phone recently and he said listen to this – ‘who is this denomination? See if you can guess.
I am a newly formed denomination that has been in existence for a few decades. We came out of the mainstream church because we didn’t believe there was enough
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Denomination:
Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Silas Eke on Feb 25, 2015
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A Baptist Pastor had a dream and found himself fully dressed with a Bible in hand at the gate of heaven. As he was about to enter, he heard so many people crying and wailing in hell. He went to the gate and met the gate-keeper. He asked the gate-keeper “Who are those crying? Is there a Baptist
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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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WOW! Do we know in 2016 there were 33,000 distinct denominations? It is estimated by 2025 there will be 55,000 denominations? Wow? You can’t get along with others? Just go out and start your own?
C.H. Spurgeon penned the words: The time will come when
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
The National Association of Evangelicals represents 56 denominations and 45,000 local
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 19, 2005
“We have now become the kind of society that in the 19th century almost every Christian denomination felt compelled to
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