Tag: United Methodist Church
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More and More Convinced
I am being more and more convinced that the best route for the UMC would be to do two things: 1) Get rid of membership. 2) Stop asking for church statistics. I write these things because I believe if we stopped doing those two things, we would have to revisit what it means to be…
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Subversive Influence » Rick Warren and the PDL Cathedral of Comparisons
Subversive Influence » Rick Warren and the PDL Cathedral of Comparisons Ah…I read the quote referred to about a week ago in Christianity Today and thought Warren’s metaphor using the computer was a bit uninformed. I just put it off as someone in one discipline trying to use a metaphor from another discipline that he…
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Top 10 List on Why we are Dying…
Here’s my top 10 list on why are we dying? I’m sure there are others…. 10) Because we believe salvation is within our walls. 9) Because we are so busy with our own “stuff” 8) Because we have no idea what we are doing and we stopped being a long time ago. 7) Because we…
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Annual Conference
So, here I am at annual conference. I’m surrounded by a lot of great people. They love God. They want to work. So, then why is our conference looking people? As I sat there, I had to honestly admit to myself that I didn’t know. Well, I think I have an idea. It seems like…