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Church Health and Growth

6/4/2014

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Church health and growth
Statistics show that 80-90% of evangelical churches in North America are plateaued or declining.  A similar number of Southern Baptist churches are, too.  This is staggering.

We need to humble ourselves, confess known sin, and study God’s Word and God’s world (like the Bereans and the men of Issachar).  In addition, we should pray and ask the Lord to make our churches healthier and more effective doing God’s work.

Your brother in Christ,
Ray
Pr. 3:5-6

Quotable Quote
“Nobody should be able to out-community the local church.” Carey Nieuwhof

Ray’s Top Five this week:

1.     5 Reasons People Have Stopped Coming to Your Church (Especially Millenials), Carey Nieuwhof

2.     36 Trends I See In Healthy, Growing Churches, Tony Morgan

3.     Four Steps Forward for the Very Sick Church, Thom Rainer

4.     Five Questions to Ask to See If Your Church Is Dying, Thom Rainer

5.     5 Tensions Every Small and Mid-Size Church Encounters, Carey Nieuwhof
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    I’m Ray Gentry, the President/CEO of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (SBCAL). I’ve served Southern Baptist churches & associations in various roles for over 35 years. I have served as an associational leader for five associations, starting in 1993. The most recent one being the Southside Baptist Network, McDonough, GA.

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