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13h ago
Study: Unaffiliated Americans are the only growing religious group
The Catholic Church saw the largest decline in religious affiliation of any religious group in 2023.
See also Fewer Americans Regularly Attend Church and Easter Remains High Attendance Day for Most Churches
8 Attitude Adjustments for Church Life
Whether it is growth, development or a complete overhaul, make sure that the people are ready in heart and motivation for the movement that a new strategy will bring. Here are eight attitude adjustments that may help your local church life.
The Plays C. S. Lewis Read Every Year for H ..read more
Anglicans Ablaze
15h ago
Welcome to Maundy Thursday at All Hallows.
This week, Holy Week, is a special week in the life of the Church. During this week Christians recall the events that lead up to and immediately follow Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. Maundy Thursday commemorates what happened on the night of Jesus’ betrayal. “Maundy “comes from the Latin word mandatum, or commandment, a reference to the new commandment Jesus gave to his disciples on that night. In some Christian traditions the Lord's Supper is celebrated in the evening, after which all ornaments, linens, and paraments are removed fro ..read more
Anglicans Ablaze
2d ago
12 Ways To Make Sure Easter Guests Don’t Come Back
How can you ensure Easter guests don’t come back the week after Easter? Paul Steinbrueck shares 12 ways to go about it.
Nine Reasons Easter—and Other Big Days—Can Drive Church Growth
If you focus your church on evangelism during the Easter season, Rick Warren believes Easter can be an important turning point for the growth of your church. He gives nine reasons why.
Hitting A Church Growth Barrier? Getting Bigger Isn’t Your Only Option
Should pastors adjust our leadership style to accommodate a larger congregation? Or is there a way to allo ..read more
Anglicans Ablaze
3d ago
Gallup poll: More than half of Americans rarely go to church
The percentage of Americans who never attend services outnumbers those who go every week, according to a new Gallup report.
Time for a Change
It can be tempting to focus only on the future when thinking about our congregation. What do we want to do? Who do we want to reach? But periodically we need to remember to look back and check on the condition of our flock to see who we have lost and why. We should avoid asking, “Who is to blame?” and instead ask, “How can we improve?”
Is Church Membership Biblical?
Though the New Testament ..read more
Anglicans Ablaze
4d ago
An Easy Formula to Evaluate Your Church’s Growth (or Decline)
While admittng no numerical formula is perfect, Thom Rainer offers church leaders a simple way of evaluating their churches’ growth or lack thereof.
How the Babylonian Exile Informs Gen Z’s Evangelism
If we’re to reach Babylon for Christ, we’ll need to do more than just post content that might be found—but might also get lost—amid the glut of media. We need to be a faithful, countercultural, compelling everyday presence.
Risking Experiments for God’s Reign
Where is God’s movement taking place in new ways for new times? Cherished ..read more
Anglicans Ablaze
5d ago
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows.
This Sunday, the Sixth Sunday in Lent, is called Palm Sunday. It is the Sunday before Easter Sunday and is the beginning of Holy Week. In a number of Christian traditions on this Sunday a special liturgy, the Liturgy of the Palms, begins the service, recalling Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Palm branches are blessed and then distributed to the congregation who form a procession. As the congregation processes around the community and then into the church’s sanctuary or worship center, the congregation sings “All Glory, Laud and Honor” and other h ..read more
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1w ago
Pastoral Hypocrisy and Bad Preaching Are a Turnoff to Churchgoers
Most churchgoers aren’t leaving a church because they have a personal complaint against the pastor or his preaching, but some are.
Which Kind of Transformation Does Your Preaching Bring?
Our only hope for real transformation through our preaching is the gospel of Christ. Knowing Jesus is the means and goal of transformation.
5 Puritan Prescriptions for Gospel-Centered Preaching
The Puritans possessed what J. I. Packer called “a minute acquaintance with the human heart.” While historical caricatures tend to emphasize th ..read more
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1w ago
Welcome to Thursday evenings at All Hallows.
Jesus not only came into this world to suffer and die on the cross for the sins of the world and open the way to salvation for all who believe in him but also he came in fulfillment of a promise that God himself would teach his people to be his disciples. For Christians, Jesus’s teaching and example are the God-given standard by which they are to live and measure their lives.
Reading: Matthew 5: 1-12
Message: Should Christians Care about the Wellbeing of Other People?
Link: https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2024/03/thursday-evenings-at-all-hall ..read more
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1w ago
Voting Out of Fear
This is an election year. No, this isn’t a blog about who you should vote for. It is a blog about why we often vote the way we do... and shouldn’t.
One of the Most Urgent Biblical Commands for Our Day
One of the most urgent biblical commands for our day—and perhaps for any day—is to speak the truth in love. Different people at different times tend to overemphasize one of the two factors and underemphasize the other so that some lean away from truth while others lean away from love. But the Lord expects that we will do both without competition or contradiction.
Can you he ..read more
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1w ago
Truly Local: Church as the ‘Soul’ of the City
Renown missiologist Lesslie Newbigin reflected: “It is of the very essence of the church that it is for that place, for that section of the world for which it has been made responsible.”
Which Cities are the Least Religious?
And, what factors drive down religious attendance in those areas?
Churches all in for total solar eclipse
Excitement is building for a total solar eclipse that will occur across much of North America on April 8. Some United Methodist churches in the “path of totality” are finding creative ways to engage the public during th ..read more