Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Wednesday's Catch: 'Nine Challenges to Church Planting' And More


Ed Stetzer identifies 9 challenges that could hinder the forward advance of church planting.

Does education ‘cure’ people of faith? The data says no
Despite a long-standing biased assumption among many that the uneducated cling to religion, studies show people with higher degrees are most likely to be religious.

Like Sisyphus, Are We Engaging in the Futile?
Too many churches are trapped in the Sisyphus dynamic of continually pursuing something that involves high effort and low reward, or even no reward.

4 Steps to Helping Your Church Identify Idols
Comfort tops the list of idols in churches, so how can pastors do the uncomfortable work of helping church members identify and destroy their idols?

8 Ways to Become a Praying Church
"As I prayed, a great desire grew in me that our little church might become a praying people."

Give Thanks to God — Even for the Trials
As a general rule, church people do not intend to be rude or unkind concerning newcomers. They do not intend to crush the spirits of those bewildered about the large church and all the choices and unfamiliar faces. But they do it anyway as a result of being thoughtless.

Giving When You’re Gone
"We know our wealth comes from and belongs to God, and we steward it in gratitude."

Evangelism Isn’t Disrespectful
... virtually everyone in the conversation about religious belief thinks they’re right and the other person is wrong.

10 Things You Should Know about Islam
Thinking critically about Islam.

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