Comments on: Congregations must change to fit reality http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2009/12/08/congregations-must-change-to-fit-reality/ "Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Walton http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2009/12/08/congregations-must-change-to-fit-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 Paul Walton Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:13:44 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=1835#comment-3139 <i> If you congregation isn’t growing (spiritually and numerically), then the authentic faith is not being proclaimed and lived. I would be pleased to debate this assertion, if anyone wishes to argue the contrary. Churches that are not growing (and that’s most of us) are either asleep, or dysfunctional, or teaching things other than the transforming power of the Gospel.</i> Just thinking aloud, don't want to argue... I'd just suggest that all congregations should be growing spiritually (and they aren't). There may be good demographic reasons why a congregation is or is not growing numerically. If you congregation isn’t growing (spiritually and numerically), then the authentic faith is not being proclaimed and lived. I would be pleased to debate this assertion, if anyone wishes to argue the contrary. Churches that are not growing (and that’s most of us) are either asleep, or dysfunctional, or teaching things other than the transforming power of the Gospel.

Just thinking aloud, don’t want to argue… I’d just suggest that all congregations should be growing spiritually (and they aren’t). There may be good demographic reasons why a congregation is or is not growing numerically.

]]> By: Malcolm http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2009/12/08/congregations-must-change-to-fit-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 Malcolm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:12 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=1835#comment-3138 Thanks for the lead on the free subscription. Thanks for the lead on the free subscription.

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