Sentences with phrase «church over the growth»

The author examines the debate in the church over the growth of paid - time religious programs which has centered on several major issues, including the nature of the church, its mission, evangelism, pastoral care and counseling, and the social and political impact, and also the communication aspects: one way versus interactive communication.

The debate in the church over the growth of paid - time religious programs has centered on several major issues.

Not exact matches

I've been to many church planting and church growth conferences over the years, and though it is exciting to be part of conferences with 100's (or 1000's) of people in attendance, I always feel a bit... lost.

Of course there are other reasons for my sporadic blogging this year: a surprise new baby coming which completely disoriented us, a new book to finish writing (and I will share all about that in January), travelling and speaking all over North America, stewarding the message of Jesus Feminist throughout her first year of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?!)

Research from a questionnaire taken by The Institute for American Church Growth showed that when over 4000 people in 35 states and three countries were asked why they became part of a local church, 75 % to 90 % responded that friends and relatives were the «door of entrance.&Church Growth showed that when over 4000 people in 35 states and three countries were asked why they became part of a local church, 75 % to 90 % responded that friends and relatives were the «door of entrance.&church, 75 % to 90 % responded that friends and relatives were the «door of entrance.»

I've been a pastor here in Denver for over 20 years... and he helped me hang in there amidst the mega-church growth «wal - martization» of the church.

This neglect of the AG is unfortunate, for mainline churches can learn much from considering both the Assemblies» growth over the past few decades and the crossroads that the denomination faces.

The first problem here is that, minus signs or not, the fluctuating growth rates for the oldline churches (quite healthy growth during the postwar revival; decline during the 1970s; some recovery in the first half of the «80s) tell us little if they are not compared, and compared over a number of decades, with the growth rates for the conservative churches.

Churches disagree widely over how we might best cope with the rapid and relentless growth of the pornography industry.

The success of Pentecostal evangelistic efforts and the resultant astonishing growth of Pentecostal churches all over Latin America has deeply challenged the cultural and ideological hegemony (real and supposed) exercised by the Catholic Church.

Given the steady growth of this movement, its deep grounding in prayer and sacrifice, its passionate devotion to Christ, and its sense of mission with and through the Church, we an expect good things over the next years.

On average, church plants are getting one person per month, and the average church plant is under 100 people, and so that means they are getting well over 12 % conversion growth per year.

As the only institutions with direct entree to millions of new families, churches have a strategic responsibility to provide growth experiences for those who have or will soon have awesome influence over the mental health of small children.

We are small, only 50 people, but our church is bubbling over right now with spiritual growth.

In my 9 moves over 4 years, I have tasted the great american church, and my conclusion is that bodies / bucks / buildings still remains the guiding factors for many of our churches todays instead of sacrifice / risk / faith for Christ that is necessary for growth and change.

A church - sponsored young couples group, which had been meeting monthly for over a year for informal fellowship, decided to meet as a leaderless growth group, one and a half hours on each of six consecutive Friday evenings.

The black / white divide has been highlighted by the fact that the fastest growing segment of the UK Church over the past few decades has been among Pentecostal denominations, driven by the rapid growth of new African and Caribbean churches.

Studies have shown that over 80 % of church growth in the United States is nothing more than people transferring from one church to another.

Over the following decades, «Christianity grew by 10 to 20 percent annually, especially among Dalits at the bottom of Hindu society, making Nepal one of Asia's most stunning church growth stories.»

We have still to find the reason not only for the triumph of Christianity over its many rivals for the allegiance of the Roman Empire and of the Hellenistic world, but also for the birth and growth of the Church, for monasticism and its continuing vigor, for the existence and quality of the New Testament, and for the power that could bring about the mass conversions.

While Liebert's comments may have been oversimplified and deliberately overstated, he was accurate in highlighting the conflict which the growth of evangelical and fundamentalist television over the past decade has caused within different American church groups and leaders.