Hey guys,
I don't know if you ever feel down about the state of The Church worldwide - I know I do.... We see so much media that the church is shrinking in so many places and it's hard to feel upbeat....
Then - I stumbled across this blog by Tim Keller. He doesn't post often - but his posts are typically very good.....
The gist is... Over the centuries - the Church based it's organization upon an "Inheritance" model... Your parents were Christian - so you were too... Your parents went to X church so you did too.... THIS is the group within the church that continues to shrink... This group took a big "Hit" when schools quit teaching bible and society became more mobile.... That's the bad news...
The good news is that they are being replaced. They are being replaced by people who didn't necessarily know anything about Christianity and are involved Only because they love Jesus. The churches they are coming into are ones that tend to be more "Active"....
Linky linky:
http://www.timothykeller.com/blog/2015/1/9/the-city-the-church-and-the-future
I don't know if you ever feel down about the state of The Church worldwide - I know I do.... We see so much media that the church is shrinking in so many places and it's hard to feel upbeat....
Then - I stumbled across this blog by Tim Keller. He doesn't post often - but his posts are typically very good.....
The gist is... Over the centuries - the Church based it's organization upon an "Inheritance" model... Your parents were Christian - so you were too... Your parents went to X church so you did too.... THIS is the group within the church that continues to shrink... This group took a big "Hit" when schools quit teaching bible and society became more mobile.... That's the bad news...
The good news is that they are being replaced. They are being replaced by people who didn't necessarily know anything about Christianity and are involved Only because they love Jesus. The churches they are coming into are ones that tend to be more "Active"....
Linky linky:
http://www.timothykeller.com/blog/2015/1/9/the-city-the-church-and-the-future