Oh nooo… not in Georgia!?! New Jersey, yea, but the Deep South.
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As you have gotten older, What has changed. you or the churches?
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The question in the OP - both.
Some churches in my area are "rock solid".
One thing that has changed in my lifetime has been a strong youth interest and body in church to a weaker less interested youth.
What has changed with the last couple of generations of youth is a weaker youth body to a much stronger one (Id say surpassing that of the past...I am amazed at what I have seen God working in our younger generation).
For a moment I thought you were talking about his answer.
The South is unfortunately not immune from the pragmatic church movement.Oh nooo… not in Georgia!?! New Jersey, yea, but the Deep South.
Who is talking? Guess then someone can get up there and respond to him then! Like Jesus did, you Pharisee you hypocrite…. Yada yada.
5 point Gillinist
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We have like 40 registered churches here in town. Maybe 4 of them preach the gospel soundly, a handful might accidentally preach the gospel properly, the rest are synagogues of Satan.
5 point Gillinist
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Why preach doctrine when that divides? There is a local pastor of a church that doesn't like to take a stance on anything who has coined the phrase "all truth and no grace." If that tells you anything.
Sermon does mean "talk" (comes from a Latin word for talk)
5 point Gillinist
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Here is the statement of faith of one of the local churches - it was rather hard to find too.
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I've found that most dying churches are in that state because they have lost their purpose and love.
In my area there are....um....about 7 or 8 very active churches I know of being used by God. Most (that I know of) are Baptist (two IFB, five SBC, not sure about a couple), one is Presbyterian. I'm sure there are others.
We have several that are dying, but they are more concerned about tradition than Jesus so they are aging out.
Nice.
I don’t understand,….what does a 25 piece orchestra have to do with anything? Who the is the conductor?
It gives people the opportunity to worship using the gifts God has provided with the congregation. It is good to see God gifting these people and the congregation supporting them by allowing them to use their gifts in worship.
I don't know the identity of the conductor. But wouldn't it be great if God gifted the church with a conductor as well. I suppose He did as a 25 piece orchestra is complex.
We have a piano, drums, and two gutters. We dont have a conductor or director. But it (especially the guitar and drums) has been a great way to get younger people involved in worship (not the music type but that the church works with younger people with similar interests and talents).
In our last church they had people who would, at times, worship with trumpets and a French horn (probably other instruments, I can't recall. I remember the French horn because my son played it in school band at the time and was interested in learning worship music. I can't remember if they had a conductor. It was a small group of players, so they most likely just practiced together.
It is great to see Christians using their gifts in worship, and great to see Christians encouraging and supporting them in worship. Too many churches resist any type of change from their own traditions - especially with music. More often than not these are the dying churches.
I know.Sermon does mean "talk" (comes from a Latin word for talk)
I was posting a bit tongue in cheek....I thought it funny anyway.
I see Clark's Hill is back up.
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Dave G
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I have 11 "local churches" just in my hometown alone, with some 350+ of differing denominations within 50 miles of my front door.
To me, they are all suffering from differing degrees of apostasy, with perhaps one preaching most of what Paul told the churches in his letters to us.
Them.
It's as if no one around me, ( except for a very few ) truly fears and respects the Lord, nor do they love Him enough to obey His commands... neither are they "listening" to His words.
Take heart! There are people out there who do serve God. I have thought about this before now and have come to the realization that it is more important that good, God fearing people be everywhere than that they have a sufficient number together to be comfortable. We need to be doing something where there are not enough of us to say we are doing a good job.
See a need in your area? Fill it. Fill it up with your friends and neighbors. Teach them the Bible. Show them what God wants Christians to do.
There are enough churches without pastors who would be willing, if a shepherd were willing to be patient with them, to learn from Scripture what they don’t know.
I’m for new churches. But I think that there is a need to revive the dying churches also.
I am sure that you know this. I just couldn’t leave the thread with a post about how there is nobody.
There is you. If the local churches don’t measure up, help them or start praying for a good one.
Definitely. Ran 38 gallons of gas on it yesterday.
This is a good read!