"Growing numbers of Americans say they are spiritual but not religious," says Robert Wuthnow in After Heaven, his assessment of American spiritual development since 1950. It is a spirituality without truth or authority but filled with belief in the supernatural. It is a trend born of the modern fears of religion.
The church must echo Jesus' own powerful critique of religion and visibly demonstrate ...
Critics come in many shapes and sizes. Some are overt, and some are covert. Some hit you in the nose, and others stab you in the back. I have found classifying my critics helps me anticipate what a person may say.
1. People who resent authority per se. These critics have never outgrown their disrespect for any authority but their own. As children they rebelled against their parents, as employees against ...
"Growing numbers of Americans say they are spiritual but not religious," says Robert Wuthnow in After Heaven, his assessment of American spiritual development since 1950. It is a spirituality without truth or authority but filled with belief in the supernatural. It is a trend born of the modern fears of religion.
The church must echo Jesus' own powerful critique of religion and visibly demonstrate ...
Why They Don't Come Back Visitors can be turned off by behavior, buildings, and disorder. Calvin Ratz
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How do we find out why some visitors never return? Here are some situations that can place barriers before newcomers.
Large family networks. These networks have their own social gatherings in which outsiders aren't included. Such networks can be deadly to assimilating newcomers. Tactfully alert some in these families to the potential problems, challenging them to include outsiders in some of their ...
(This article was excerpted from the BuildingChurchLeaders.com Training Theme Reaching Our Community)
"Growing numbers of Americans say they are spiritual but not religious," says Robert Wuthnow in After Heaven, his assessment of American spiritual development since 1950. It is a spirituality without truth or authority but filled with belief in the supernatural. It is a trend born of the modern fears ...
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