According to Barna Research, Chattanooga, Tennessee, has the highest percentage of its population who are very active in church. Almost 6 in 10 residents (59 percent) are regular churchgoers.
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What Small Church Pastors Wish Others Knew
A lot of sincere, Bible-believing disciples of Jesus mistakenly think that because a church is small and its field limited, anything it does for the Lord is tiny and worth little.
The story of the widow’s small gift (Mark 12:41-44) should forever disabuse us of that notion.
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What Does the Growth of Nondenominationalism Mean?
The future of American religion is increasingly being driving by the nones and nons—the religiously unaffiliated and the denominationally unaffiliated.
A new Gallup study finds the percentage of Americans who identify with a specific Protestant denomination has fallen from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2016.
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The Unknown Story of Charles Spurgeon and Thomas Johnson
“Steal Away Home” is the story of the unlikely friendship between the world’s most famous preacher, Charles Spurgeon, and Thomas Johnson, who spent 28 years as a slave in the United States before training at Spurgeon’s college and being commissioned to Africa as a missionary.
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4 Types of People Curious about the Church
Christian bookstore visitors range from quilting-bee grandmothers to rough-and-tumble bikers.
While each guest may look different on the outside, I find they often ask similar questions. These questions reveal four types of people who may be future guests at your church.
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A New Way to Measure Discipleship?
Churches often measure success in ministry and whether someone is a mature disciple by using output goals, such as attendance, giving, and serving. But we need to think about input goals as well.
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