Title: Church 101 (2 of 5)
Series: Five Things to Get Right In 2024
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Matthew 16:18
Mat 16:18 KJV - And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
I - The Church & Her Mighty Builder
II - The Church & Her Miraculous Beginning
III - The Church & Her Massive Body
IV - The Church & Her Mandated Blueprint
V - The Church & Her Morphing Beauty
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The church, per say, is experiencing a dilemma of epic proportions, which was happening way before the pandemic of 2019 - 2022. The church has been in a steady decline since around the year 2000. In 2020, the numbers showed us that only 1 in 4 Americans were practicing Christians, which is a sharp decline since the year 2000, when 45% of Americans claimed to be practicing Christians. The numbers also showed an 8% increase in non-practicing Christians, which went up from 35% to 43%. The number of non-Christians also saw a 12% increase from 2000 to 2020, with number rising from 20% to 32%. With that said, what is wrong with church attendance in our nation?
George Barna looked at the numbers from 1993 through 2020 and saw that Americans saw a significant drop in church attendance, with 45% of all Americans attending church once per week in 1993, but in 2020, that number had dropped to 29%. In our message today, we will take a good look at the church, with a biblical perspective.
I can tell you right now why many churches are in decline, most all of those churches have allowed tradition to take them under. Pastors come along hoping to take the church forward, yet people refuse, making the pastor into the enemy of the church, forcing him out, verbally assaulting him and his work, then we wonder what is hindering our churches, you are the issue!!!
The church of 2024 is being maligned, misrepresented, mini ...
Series: Five Things to Get Right In 2024
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Matthew 16:18
Mat 16:18 KJV - And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
I - The Church & Her Mighty Builder
II - The Church & Her Miraculous Beginning
III - The Church & Her Massive Body
IV - The Church & Her Mandated Blueprint
V - The Church & Her Morphing Beauty
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The church, per say, is experiencing a dilemma of epic proportions, which was happening way before the pandemic of 2019 - 2022. The church has been in a steady decline since around the year 2000. In 2020, the numbers showed us that only 1 in 4 Americans were practicing Christians, which is a sharp decline since the year 2000, when 45% of Americans claimed to be practicing Christians. The numbers also showed an 8% increase in non-practicing Christians, which went up from 35% to 43%. The number of non-Christians also saw a 12% increase from 2000 to 2020, with number rising from 20% to 32%. With that said, what is wrong with church attendance in our nation?
George Barna looked at the numbers from 1993 through 2020 and saw that Americans saw a significant drop in church attendance, with 45% of all Americans attending church once per week in 1993, but in 2020, that number had dropped to 29%. In our message today, we will take a good look at the church, with a biblical perspective.
I can tell you right now why many churches are in decline, most all of those churches have allowed tradition to take them under. Pastors come along hoping to take the church forward, yet people refuse, making the pastor into the enemy of the church, forcing him out, verbally assaulting him and his work, then we wonder what is hindering our churches, you are the issue!!!
The church of 2024 is being maligned, misrepresented, mini ...
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