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Hope Enabler is the real-life story of one Christian parent’s struggle with a runaway child and the hope that God enabled her to have during the darkest moments of that struggle.
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In Times of Transition
When churches seek to regain their health and vitality, tensions can rise inside the local church. Turning around a sick and dying church often reveals things that were previously hidden. As they come to the light, these revelations can be … Continue reading →
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Tagged change, dying churches, healthy church, missional, sick church, spiritual fraud church growth, transition
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Sick churches exhibit certain attitudes…
Several years ago I can remember reading the following: “75% of American churches are dying, 23% are plateaued (by taking people from the dying churches), and only 2% of American churches are growing.” Having worked for three decades in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 3, 2 Corinthians 12, American church, banality, carnality, church decline, Corinth, disgruntled people, dying churches, faith, growing churches, healthy church, ingrown, Leonard Sweet, pastors, plateaued churches, selfish, sick churches, So Beautiful
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