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Organizing Your Church: What the Bible Really Says About Deacons
So what’s right? There are two things we need to answer. First, what is the true Biblical plan for deacons, if we can even retrieve one. Second, what’s the best way to organize the ministries of the church, consistent with … Continue reading
Organizing Your Church: The Deacon Problem
This will be a short series of posts on deacons. Most Churches of Christ appoint men to two offices: elders and deacons. In fact, it’s often been stated that a church is not “scripturally organized” if it doesn’t have both … Continue reading
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Church Growth: Who attends the megachurches?
Scott Thumma and Warren Bird have posted a comprehensive study of megachurches called “NOT WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE: A Profile of the People Who Attend America’s Megachurches.” They summarize their findings as follows: Young and single adults are more … Continue reading
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The National Congregations Study and Churches of Christ, Part 2
Congregations are aging • In 2006-07, 30% of regular attenders in the average congregation were older than age 60, compared with 25% in 1998. • The percent of regular adult participants younger than age 35 in the average congregation dropped … Continue reading
The National Congregations Study and Churches of Christ, Part 1
Duke University has just released a report of its National Congregations Study for 2006-7, comparing American churches with churches in 1998. It’s an interesting read. The survey includes 2,740 congregations across the country, and so is among the most detailed … Continue reading
Church Growth: Andy Rowell Summarizes the Studies, Part 7 (Intimacy and choice, Minister and reputation)
Churches that offer “intimacy and choice” Scott Thumma argues that “niche” house churches and megachurches both are offering individuals a product they are interested in. “In certain ways, the megachurch is the complete opposite of the house church, but with … Continue reading
Church Growth: Andy Rowell Summarizes the Studies, Part 6 (High growth location, Changing worship)
Being in rapidly growing zip codes Only one [other] external factor was significant in the growth or decline of the church—the change in the population of its zip code. Fast-growing churches—those that increased by more than 20 percent in attendance—were … Continue reading
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Church Growth: Andy Rowell Summarizes the Studies, Part 5 (Being large or small, Being rural)
Being a church of 1000+ attendees or under 50 attendees Well, I wasn’t expecting this one. David Olson points out that large (1000+ attendance) and small churches (1-49 attendance) are growing at the fastest rates. “While the larger churches grew … Continue reading
Church Growth: Andy Rowell Summarizes the Studies, Part 4 (Leadership, Prayer)
Leadership Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson report that “we let the data set the agenda, and godly leadership was at the top.”[7] [7] Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson, Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can Too (Nashville: … Continue reading
