Ever been in someone’s home as a guest only to have your hosts start to argue with each other? It doesn’t happen that often, but the few times it’s happened when I’ve been around have made me want to run out the door.… Read More What Hinders Church Growth? — Paul Kirkpatrick
Church growth. Growing the church. Causing both spiritual growth in the brethren through edification and numerical growth of the congregation via evangelism. I’ve yet to meet any Christian, especially any preacher, elder, or deacon, who honestly denied wanting their congregation to grow in these ways. To my knowledge, there is only one passage in the… Read More Church Leadership Causes Growth – Jon Mitchell (Editor’s Page, November/December 2013 Issue)
In the first century, multitudes of people abandoned their lives of sin and wickedness and obeyed the New Testament pattern (Acts 2:36-42; 4:1-4; 5:12-16). Today, the absolute necessity of teaching the same redeeming power of the gospel to every accountable person is just as urgent. Are we preaching the same pure gospel that the apostles… Read More The Challenge To Grow A Church – Brock Shanks
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