Monday, December 6, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tim Keller on Church Growth American Style
“Isn’t evangelical Christianity growing—at least in North America? Look at all the megachurches spouting up! But we must remember that the new situation Lloyd-Jones was describing has spread in stages. It was in Europe before North America. It was in cities before it was in the rest of the society. In the United States it has strengthened in the Northeast and the West Coast first. In many places, especially in the South and Midwest, there is still a residue of more conservative society where people maintain traditional values.
Many of these people are therefore still reachable with the fairly superficial, older evangelism programs of the past. And if we are honest, we should admit that many churches are growing large without any evangelism at all. If a church can present unusually good preaching and family ministries and programming, it can easily attract the remaining traditional people and siphon off Christians from all the other churches in a thirty-mile radius. This is easier now than ever because people are very mobile, less tied into their local communities, and less loyal to institutions that don’t meet their immediate needs. But despite the growth of megachurches through these dynamics, there is no evidence that the number of churchgoers in the United States is significantly increasing.”
Tim Keller, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Many of these people are therefore still reachable with the fairly superficial, older evangelism programs of the past. And if we are honest, we should admit that many churches are growing large without any evangelism at all. If a church can present unusually good preaching and family ministries and programming, it can easily attract the remaining traditional people and siphon off Christians from all the other churches in a thirty-mile radius. This is easier now than ever because people are very mobile, less tied into their local communities, and less loyal to institutions that don’t meet their immediate needs. But despite the growth of megachurches through these dynamics, there is no evidence that the number of churchgoers in the United States is significantly increasing.”
Tim Keller, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Dude Perfect
Check out this video made by some students at Texas A&M. I don't know how much time they spend studying but this video is amazing!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Book You Must Read on the Church
O.K. so it took a little longer than a month. For the two of you who actually read this blog - thanks for the patience. Here is the book list on the church. I put these in order from easiest to read to the slightly more difficult.
Vintage Church - Driscoll
9 Marks of a Healthy Church - Dever
Total Church - Chester and Timmis
Emerging Churches - Gibbs
The Tangible Kingdom - Halter and Smay
The Church - Clowney
The Church Between Gospel and Culture - Hunsberger
Beware, these books will probably make you dissatisfied with church as usual. Read at your own risk!
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