They might add online streaming.
Many churches initiated this during Covid and many watch online…
When the churches left God and wrote their own bible then they terminated their reason to exist.
Eric Metaxis touches on this in his book Letter to the American Church.
The church has failed in its mission by bowing to the culture war and bowing to the State and not the Lord.
I’m not done reading it but it’s eye opening to exactly what’s happening at our small church
Insert picture of Commie Pope.
It sounds like churches need to always be recruiting new members.
To look at it does any business would look at their customer base, there’s always going to be some erosion of the customer base.
And tight end with this would be the related issue of donations and offerings to support the church.
Go gay and the parishioners will run away.
Our church is growing incredibly fast. People are moving from other states to join. Teach the Bible and they will come.
Too easy to watch Joel Osteen and feel good about yourself. Positive Thinking - that’s where it’s at. Taking up a cross and following sounds hard.
For centuries, churches were a meeting place and way to socialize in one’s community.
There are many other outlets providing that function now (including online/social media)...
Who trusts that their priest isn’t a pedophile? I’d stay away too.
I am happy to report that attendance and Parish enrollment at our little Mission Church has been steadily increasing. COVID and the Bishops authorization of the “TeleMass” hurt us for a bit, but we’re recovering.
I have wondered if the churches might be better off temporarily becoming smaller. Instead of trying to please everyone, just focus on the message. If some don’t like it, so be it.
#5-—Using tax money as propaganda against Churches and Christianity.
#6-—Churches being influenced by the world instead of influencing the world.
#7-—The removal of God and destruction of the family in schools, colleges, Hollywood, movies, big tech, etc.
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An aversion to lay leadership also factors into the equation. Men want to be involved, to have a piece of the action.
In an ideal world, every Christian man aspires to embrace pastoral responsibilities by the time he reaches middle age. And every church provides coaching to catalyze and encourage each step of that journey.
* By that time, he should have adult children whose integrity and godliness bear witness to his skill as a father.
* By that time, his hospitable dinner table should be known as a place where lovers of truth can enjoy good food and good conversation.
* By that time, he should be several decades into a rigorous self-education program.
* By that time, his personal ministry focus will have borne wholesome fruit.
* By that time, he will be known in the community for his integrity.
* By that time, the skills he sharpened by home schooling and catechizing his own children will come in handy as he encourages younger people.
* By that time, everyone will see how radiantly happy his wife is.
* By that time, he should have “a sufficiency,” enough resources to fund his own ministry outreaches, without needing to ask others to bankroll his sense of mission.
A healthy, growing church needs all the leaders it can catalyze. If an ordained, full-time “THE” minister isn’t continuously cultivating such a cadre, burnout beckons. And he may admit at the end of his life, like George Whitfield, that “we have built a rope of sand.”
UK Church of England:
Aging Church of England ‘will be dead in 20 years’ (2032)
The Church of England will cease to exist in 20 years as the current generation of elderly worshippers dies, Anglican leaders warned yesterday.
By Tim Ross
12 July 2011 • 9:02pm
Every growing church I have attended had several outreach programs. The big one was any child in the neighborhood was invited to attend Sunday School. We would go around and knock on doors and invite people to church. If the adults were not interested we would offer free transportation for the children. About a third will say yes. About a quarter of those children will become faithful church members.
We also have shut in ministry where we will pick up people who do not drive and bring them to church.
If your church does not do outreach then you are not going to grow.
If people weren’t required to sing all 17 verses of “Jesus Is My Boyfriend’, bassists were allowed to occasionally hit the high G note and the drummer was freed from his plexiglass cage, the replacement number can be dropped to 27.