Would anyone argue that churches of Christ are in great need of revival? The headline in the February 2009 issue of The Christian Chronicle discourages: Church in America marked by decline. There are 526 fewer congregations and 78,436 fewer members since 2003. While the population of the US has increase 36.3% [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘church growth’
January 28, 2009
What Little Things?
Lately the books I’ve read communicate this insight: Little things and changes can make a big difference. I’ve read The 2-degree Difference: How Little Things Can Change Everything (B & H Publishing Group: Nashville, 2006) and Heart Shift (Broadman & Holman Publishers: Nashville, 2004) by John Trent. I am presently reading The Tipping Point: How [...]
January 22, 2009
KEEP THE FIRE OF THE SPIRIT GOING
I have enjoyed many times camping with family and friends. Mostly I enjoy sitting around the campfire with friends, enjoying the warmth of the crackling flames and the uplifting fellowship. Fire is a symbol of spiritual energy and of the influence of God’s Spirit in our lives. Campfires must be tended, or the fire dies [...]
February 19, 2008
TWO OR THREE GATHERED IN JESUS’ NAME
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. Matthew 18:19-20 (ESV).
A poem from the 1770s, entitled AWAKE, by Lawrence Tribble, [...]
