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• They Do Sound Like Parlow, Ski, Jeske, Valleskey, Huebner, and Kelm

  
  Ichabod, The Glory Has Departed — Authority: 146
  Dom Perignon Patterson caught a big one. Gurgle helped him reel it in. Guilty As Charged: Quotes from the Eco-Fraudsters various ecocriminals Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:32:27 PM by reasonisfaith "No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits.... Climate change ...
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• Fuller Fraud Resembles Global Warming Statistics

  
  Ichabod, The Glory Has Departed — Authority: 146
  I joined WELS and all I got was this crummy sweatshirt. Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " Man-Made Global Warming Proven ": Hi Dr. Jackson, Did you notice the similarity between ClimateGate and Church GrowthGate? Turns out the climatologists were massaging the numbers, and adding in false ...
  17 hours ago

• On the Links

  
  Thinking Out Loud — Authority: 129
  Here’s some places a mouse click or two took me this week: I really hesitate to post another link to Pete Wilson because every time I do, he writes a personal note of thanks, and he’s a busy guy.  But I couldn’t ignore this one.   Pete had the thrill of baptizing his son Jett last week, and wrote him a ...
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• 4 Minute Daily Devotions: Christs Fan Club - Dancing with the Stars

  
  Heaven's Highway — Authority: 121
  Luke 17:25     But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Apparently, Donny Osmond won “Dancing with the Stars” last night on television. I never watch the show but millions of other people do, so I’m guessing that many of those who voted were lifelong fans of ...
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• Good Article on Church Growth

  
  Stuff Out Loud — Authority: 118
  For those with growing churches, who anticipate space problems, here is a good article worth consideration. It ultimately concludes that planting churches is better than multiple services, bigger facilities, or satellite churches. Read it for a good explanation of why.
  5 days ago

• Loudoun County, Va gets first permanent facility for the church worship

  
  BrotherhoodNews.com — Authority: 108
  by Laura S. Tinnel PURCELLVILLE, Va. (BNc) – The first and only permanent facility for the saints’ worship and Bible study in Loudoun County, VA was completed after ten years of determined labor and prayer. The 6,100 square-foot facility, located in the town of Purcellville, includes a 150 seat auditorium, a ...
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• Application Without Exegesis: A Destructive Trend

  
  Christian Theology — Authority: 112
  Exegesis is foundational to understand scripture’s application to our lives. The problem is that many in the church want to hear the application without doing the work of the exegete. In many cases this has also been translated into the way many preachers preach. In order to keep congregants happy, they are given ...
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• Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church

  
  My World — Authority: 137
  Just finished Ignite by Nelson Searcy . I had to read it for the coaching network I am in. What this book looks at is how people find your church, how does your church do evangelism, reach people. It walks through how this happens on an individual basis, corporately, the pastor’s role in this and how to keep ...
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• Most Misunderstood Missiologist

  
  Revitalize Your Church — Authority: 132
  An insightful article by Bill Eason about Don McGavran , the father of the church growth movement. I was privileged to sit under his teaching a few times during my days at Fuller.
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• God’s Abiding Presence

  
  Lex Loizides' Blog — Authority: 411
  Jonathan Edwards The American colonial town of Northampton (now MA), had experienced numerous seasons of spiritual excitement. A Cycle of Harvests Solomon Stoddard, Jonathan Edwards grandfather, had led the Northampton church from 1672 and had referred to a cycle of harvests which had brought many of its ...
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• US Bishop Rebukes Ohio Apparition Events

  
  Watcher's Lamp — Authority: 428
  Cleveland Bishop Richard G. Lennon rebuked a Catholic lay ministry for claiming Marian Apparition activity in Ohio. Holy Love Ministries co-founder, Maureen Sweeney-Kyle, claims frequent visitations from The Virgin Mary since 1985.Catholic columnist Matt C. Abbott reports on the latest Marian message to ...
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• 4 Minute Daily Devotions: Everlasting Words Acts 6 v 10

  
  Heaven's Highway — Authority: 121
  Acts 6: 10        But they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. Some people believe that we are living in a post-Christian world where Christ’s ways and words are losing their effectiveness in society and throughout the globe. In places like Britain and all ...
  1 week ago

• Extreme Barn Makeover – Church Edition

  
  BrotherhoodNews.com — Authority: 108
  by Barbara A Oliver, Managing Editor V ILONIA, Ark. (BNc) — The Vilonia congregation celebrated its two-year anniversary in their new barnitorium, as Marty Knight, one of the three elders, dubbed it Sunday morning, Nov. 8. The new Ministry Center was started the week before. Using the metal exterior from an old ...
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• …as a rancher in Wyoming once told me, “I’ve never been arrested!”

  
  A Rose by Any Other Name — Authority: 119
  Soon after the Lord opened my eyes to see the truthfulness of what we call the “Doctrines of Grace”, I had an interesting encounter with a young lady. I was pastoring a small Southern Baptist Church in Wyoming and this lady was serving in our state that year as a summer missionary. Towards the end of the summer, ...
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• Failing Ministries Can Be Winners

  
  Brave Heart — Authority: 124
  What difference does it make that we are in the midst of The Fourth Great Awakening? Well, it makes a big difference. Every world wide revival and its baby, an Awakening where spirit filled believers grow up and change society, means that everything we have grown used to in church life is changing before our eyes. ...
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• How to Upgrade for Church Growth – Church Leader Insights Newsletter Rewind

  
  Nelson Searcy - Renegade Pastor - Church Leader Insights - Church Growth and Evangelism — Authority: 128
  Here’s one of the articles from this month’s CLI Newsletter. We pack each newsletter with the best content we can find.  Here’s a great example from Christian Standard: HOW UPGRADING YOUR CHURCH LEADS TO GROWTH “Excellence attracts people. When two championship contenders are playing, it’s hard to ...
  2 weeks ago

• From the vicarage Nov 2009

  
  Transforming Grace — Authority: 120
  From the vicarage November 2009 Dear All One of the great heroes of modern British history is Scott of the Antarctic. His goal to be the first man in the world to stand on the south pole inspired millions. His tale of failure to return, dying hungry and exhausted in extreme cold is legendary. There are two ...
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• Reformation & Revival Volume 7 now on-line

  
  BiblicalStudies.org.uk — Authority: 415
  The following articles are now available on-line in PDF: Volume 7 No 1 - Theme: The Church John H. Armstrong, "Editors Introduction The Church: Why Bother?" Reformation & Revival 7.1 (Winter 1998): 7-19. Fred G. Zaspel, "The Apostolic Model For Christian Ministry: An Analysis Of 1 Corinthians 2:1-5," ...
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• Peanut Butter, Fear Factor, and Church Youth Groups

  
  Slaughter of the Sheep — Authority: 120
  Apparently, the gospel of Jesus Christ isn’t enough to bring kids into the church.  Who am I kidding?  They’re kids!  If they haven’t been raised in the admonition of the Lord, then most won’t have much interest in church in their teen years.  Some do, most don’t.  We know this.  We reach out.  We try ...
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• Is your church too big?

  
  St. Aidan to Abbey Manor — Authority: 556
  I linked a week or two ago to Seth Godin, but this one is worth a bit more attention. Godin draws attention to Dunbars number , the maximum number of people anyone can meaningfully relate to. Its 150 - any more than that, and there are too many people to know and interact with. It turns from a tribe to a mass. At ...
  2 weeks ago

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