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Category Archives: Churches of Christ in Decline
Churches of Christ in Decline: In Answer to Brent
Brent wrote, In ECF theology, the different aspects of the tradition supported each of the other aspects and together were “One”. The Reformation broke the unity of the tradition. This is not good history, for several reasons. Before the Reformation, … Continue reading
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Churches of Christ in Decline: 21st Century Christian changes policy on what is a Church of Christ
Long-time readers will remember the controversy that arose in early 2009 over the new edition of Churches of Christ in the United States. At that time, 21st Century Christian decided to exclude instrumental congregations — even congregations with both instrumental … Continue reading
Churches of Christ: What, Me Worry?
On August 18, 2009, Phil Sanders published these statistics at his In “Search of the Lord’s Way” blog — Some Encouraging Statistics According to Flavil Yeakley, who presented this material at FHU a few years ago, one can say these … Continue reading
Churches of Christ in Decline: What Went Wrong
In the last post, I quoted passages from the first volume of Alexander Campbell’s The Christian Baptist in which he describes how we planned to unite all Christendom. Over and over, Campbell and Walter Scott, the Restoration Movement’s first missionary, … Continue reading
Churches of Christ in Decline: Boundary Markers and The Christian Baptist
Alexander Campbell first published his teachings in a periodical called The Christian Baptist, begining in 1823. The following are some excerpts that remain instructive today. First, regarding the “bond of union among Christians.” Passing by, for the present, the various … Continue reading
Churches of Christ in Decline: What to Do About It
Okay. I’m all over the Churches of Christ in the United States thing. It’s in the past. It’s time to look forward. How do the Churches of Christ overcome their decline? I’ve written lots of posts on this in the … Continue reading
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Churches of Christ in Decline: A Response to Carl Royster
The compiler of Churches of Christ in the United States posted a defense of his decision in his blog. I wrote the following response in his comment section. It’s a moderated blog, so it won’t be posted on the internet … Continue reading
Yeakley States that Churches of Christ Are in Decline; Richland Hills In No Man’s Land
Several months ago, Flavil Yeakley, the unofficial statistician for the Churches of Christ, released a report called “Good News and Bad News for the Churches of Christ.” Although the numbers showed the Churches to be in decline (as reported first … Continue reading
Are the Churches of Christ Declining? More Goods News and Bad News, Part 3
Christian colleges One of the most fascinating parts of Yeakley’s “Good News and Bad News” is his study of retention rates of children in the Churches of Christ. How many who graduate high school as a Church member stay in … Continue reading
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Are the Churches of Christ Declining? More Good News and Bad News, Part 2
From 1980 to 2000, the fastest growing denominations, as a percentage of adherents (members plus children), are as follows: Assemblies of God 58.9% Mormons 57.3% Independent Christian Churches/churches of Christ 27.6% Catholic Church 30.6% Southern Baptists 22.1% Churches of Christ … Continue reading
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