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Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Wednesday's Catch: 'Restoring Trust in the Institutional Church Requires Allegiance to Our True Purpose" And More


Restoring Trust in the Institutional Church Requires Allegiance to Our True Purpose
Gil Rendle says all institutions eventually gravitate from serving their stated purposes to satisfying powerful institutional constituencies. The current deep mistrust of the institutional church is fueled by the fact that we focus more on our own people, clergy, resources, and rules than on our true, lifegiving mission. Trust can only be restored when leaders have the courage and capacity to help our churches do what we were created to do.

4 Reasons Why You Don’t Make BOLD Moves
Here are four reasons why Tony Morgan thinks churches get stuck....

Is it okay if I don’t ‘feel’ God?
Theology takes her time building up to an emotional crescendo. It may take years but it is so worth it.

How Digital Apps Are Changing How We Read the Bible
Digital Bibles shape what we see—and don’t see—in the text and require us to be mindful of their power and peril.

10 things I wish Old Jim could teach Young Jim
“Experience is the best teacher, but it doesn’t have to be your experiences that you learn from.”

Yes, technology has become more critical for U.S. churches since pandemic
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 prompted lasting changes in the ways U.S. religious groups use technology in congregational life, according to a new study by Hartford Institute for Religion Research.

A Surprising First Step, Pastors, toward Strengthening Your Evangelism
"An evangelistic church must have an evangelistic pastor."

Evangelism Without an Altar Call
Asking for a profession of faith to be credible is not to ask for maturity, as some claim. It’s to ask for believability, however young, immature, or nascent that faith might be.

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