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American Megachurches: Ministerial training & post-denominationalism
Ministerial training The report finds — On the other hand, 7% more megachurches (47% in 2000 to 54% in 2008) were sponsoring Pastors or ministerial conferences. Additionally 69% have internship/ residency programs to train potential staff and ministerial candidates. So … Continue reading
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MDR: The present-tense argument
A common counter-argument to the foregoing interpretation of the Mark and Matthew passages is this. The phrases typically translated “commit adultery” are in fact in the present tense in Greek.[1] As many Bible students know, Greek has more verb tenses … Continue reading
American Megachurches: Private Schools
Another area where some shifting of emphasis within megachurches can be seen is around the effort to train other religious leaders. In 2000 42% of churches surveyed said they operated a Christian elementary or secondary school, whereas in 2008 only … Continue reading
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MDR: The argument from history
Given the difficulty of interpreting the New Testament’s passages on divorce and remarriage, it would be useful to consider the views of the early church on this matter. Many Christians don’t realize that we have many letters written by early … Continue reading
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Leading Change: Small Groups vs. Sunday Night Worship
Ben raises an interesting point in a comment, and I thought the topic merited a separate post, because so many churches struggle with whether to give up our traditional Sunday night worship in order to start small groups. Ben notes that … Continue reading
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American Megachurches: Church planting
… the number of megachurches who are planting new churches is also rising according to our studies. Megachurches planting or helping to plant other congregations rose from 68% in 2000 to 70% in 2005 to 77% in 2008.Interestingly, those churches … Continue reading
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MDR: Luke 16
The final Gospel passage regarding divorce is Luke 16:18 — “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” Edwards points out that the original Greek in this … Continue reading
MDR: Mark 10
Mark 10 includes another version of the events recorded in Matthew 19. 1 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his … Continue reading
American Megachurches: Finances
No church leaders will be surprised to learn that contributions in megachurches are essentially flat from 2005 — even a little down when adjusted for inflation — meaning that more churches are feeling the pinch. Even the largest churches have … Continue reading
