Why Are Church Mergers Increasing Today?"I think you're dead on by suggesting that church mergers will be the next 'big thing.'"Jim Tomberlin
(Let me just say we must pray for your church’s pastors and leaders. They need you on their side.) A true community is a significant need people are missing in their lives today. The church provides a sense of community and fellowship with other believers. In the book of Acts, we...
My grandfather was afraid of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years. The idea of having to sell their home and move into a retirement home was an extremely painful experience for them. Indeed, old age for them, and many old Americans can mean not only the possible ...
Still, I never thoughtI'dbe tempted to help prove my single–women–leaving–the–church theory. While I'd always understood how singles would want to leave the church after repeatedly feeling like the odd one out, I'd always thought these folks were a tad irresponsible. Yes, being a mino...
Funny thing is, many of those denominations today complain that people aren’t loyal to the church. Fuller Seminary president Richard Mouw mentioned a Christian Reformed Church publication criticizing “consumer religion.” Yet the CRC, he pointed out, began with a group of Reformed ministers who ...
Read Why Do Young People Have Fewer Friends in the Church? by Christen Fox and be encouraged in your relationships and walk with Christ!
A. I think that a lot of it has to do with the perceived political entanglement of religion, especially Christianity. Really, when we are talking about people leaving religion, we are talking about people leaving Christianity. When you look at the numbers, the growth of the religiously unaffil...
fewer Americans areattending churchin person or participating in theirlocal community. Today,over a quarterof Americans live alone, compared to just 8% in 1940. And it’s not just adults who are spending less time with other people;student absenteeismhassoared across the countrysince the pandemic...
We were standing at the top of a church not far from my home. I didn’t know why.“Look down,” Father said. I tried and saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the streets to the square. “See, Elsa,” Father said. “There is more than one way to the squar...
行政赔偿义务机关赔偿损失后，应当责令故意或重大过失的工作人员或者受委托的组织或者个人承担部分或者全部费用。（√） 115.接受行政委托的组织超越受委托权限，给行政相对方造成损害的，赔偿义务机关应是接受委托的组织。（ ）