A thought-provoking post from “Gospel-Driven Church” blog. I think this is spot-on true. What do you think? Your Church May Not be A Church If . . . You rarely, if ever, hear the word “sin” there. When you do hear the word “sin,” it is only only briefly mentioned, or redefined as “mistakes.” You [...]
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Your Church May Not be a Church if…
Posted in Churches on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Faith and Politics in Church: New Study Suggests Size Matters
Posted in Churches on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Catherine Cheney A new national study indicates a link between the size of a congregation and the religious and political behavior and beliefs of its members. “There are clearly significant differences between the smallest and largest Protestant churches in terms of the theological beliefs of its adherents,” concluded the Barna Group, a conservative Christian [...]
Big-box Christianity: A guide to megachurches
Posted in Churches on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty years ago, megachurches might have rated an asterisk in a journalistic overview of U.S. Christianity. Today, an estimated 12 million Americans consider one of these mammoth congregations to be their church home, making the megachurch phenomenon one of the most important for religion in modern times. Moreover, some of the most prominent pastors in [...]
Judge: Conn. town can’t hold graduations in church
Posted in Christianity, Churches, Media on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A federal judge has ruled two Connecticut public high schools can’t hold their graduations inside a church because that would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall made the ruling Monday in the case of Enfield High School and Enrico Fermi High School, both in Enfield. The Enfield school board [...]
Unchurched prefer cathedrals to contemporary church designs
Posted in Christianity, Churches on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NASHVILLE, Tenn.– People who don’t go to church may be turned off by a recent trend toward more utilitarian church buildings. By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio over any other option, unchurched Americans prefer churches that look more like a medieval cathedral than what most think of as a more contemporary church building. The findings come [...]
Father and Son Pastors Plead Guilty to Stealing $3.1 M From Church
Posted in Churches on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A father and son, both pastors, have been sentenced to two years in state prison for stealing $3.1 million from their Orange County church. Prosecutors say 76-year-old Richard Cunningham of Moreno Valley and his son, 52-year-old Philip Cunningham of Laurinburg, N.C., pleaded guilty to felony grand theft and fraud charges Friday. Philip [...]
How about this next Sunday?
Posted in Churches on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky pastor is inviting people to bring their guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment. New Bethel Church is welcoming “responsible handgun owners” to wear their firearms inside the church on June 27, a Saturday. An ad says there will be a handgun raffle, patriotic music [...]
Trend in Churches Today?
Posted in Christianity, Churches on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is part of an interview from Keith Getty. Keith and his wife are preparing music that touches the generation today, but also links it to the generation of the past. Here is an excerpt: They say that in every culture, the signs of the church on the slide are, first, that the church becomes [...]
A Church Experiment
Posted in Churches on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
