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How to get away with adultery, drunkenness, and many other sins within the church!

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Encouragement for Ministers and Yet Another Forgotten Verse of the “Church-Growth Movement” and Ezekiel 2-3

Greetings! If you find this content encouraging and useful, then please subscribe to this blog in the top right-hand corner of this website! Thank you! What would you do if God told you to go do a particular job and that you would visibly fail as you did that job? This is the story of Read more about Encouragement for Ministers and Yet Another Forgotten Verse of the “Church-Growth Movement” and Ezekiel 2-3[…]

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Is the Pastor a Shopkeeper and is the Church a Shop?

(In my last post I presented Jesus’ statement of “Feed my Sheep” as a primary purpose of a pastor in contrast to the “entertainment” model as held forth by the Church Growth Movement [CGM] philosophy).   What do you think is the purpose of a church and its ministers? I want to continue my critique Read more about Is the Pastor a Shopkeeper and is the Church a Shop?[…]

Another Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement-“Feed My Sheep!”

To see my last two posts on the “Church Growth Movement” click here for the first post on defining the movement, and here for the second post describing the first “Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement.” Have you ever thought about what the purpose of the pastor of a church is to be? There are Read more about Another Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement-“Feed My Sheep!”[…]

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The Forgotten Verse of the “Church Growth Movement”

DEFININING SUCCESS IN MINISTRY/CHURCH WORK How do you define “success” when it comes to church and ministry work? How we currently define “success” in the American church looks a lot like the type of “success” we’d typically find in many corporate business settings today. There is nothing inherently wrong with business since it can be Read more about The Forgotten Verse of the “Church Growth Movement”[…]

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What is “The Church Growth Movement”? (And What Effects Does it Have On Your Church?)

See if you can identify with this man’s story below regarding his friend’s church: “A friend recently read me a letter from a prominent Texas church that had just planted a satellite campus in Florida. The letter was addressed to pastors, and described the church’s strategy for getting Floridians to the new campus. Their approach? Read more about What is “The Church Growth Movement”? (And What Effects Does it Have On Your Church?)[…]