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4 Ways Preaching Can Boost Worship Attendance

4 Ways Preaching Can Boost Worship Attendance

Popular preacher and author Charley Reeb shares four preaching strategies to grow your church, all based on the notion that we have to connect with people’s interests and meet them where they are. To celebrate the Lewis Center’s anniversary, we are highlighting Leading Articles — some of our most popular posts of the past 20 […]

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Why does John use a double “Verily, verily,” (John 1:53, et al.) when the other Gospel writers use only one?

Why does John use a double “Verily, verily,” (John 1:53, et al.) when the other Gospel writers use only one?

"Verily I say unto you" is common in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but John consistently uses the double "Verily, verily (Gk.amen, amen). (3:3, 3:5, 3:11, 5:19, 5:24, 25, 6:26, 32, 47, 53, 8:34, 51, 58, 10:1, 7, 12:24, 13:16, et …

The Top Ten Lowest Attended Sundays in U. S. Churches

The Top Ten Lowest Attended Sundays in U. S. Churches

Most pastors, staff, and active church members have a good idea when attendance will drop on a given Sunday. Churches develop a discernible pattern that is repeated each year.  We asked over 400 people, mostly church leaders, to identify their lowest attended Sundays on a recurring basis. Though our study was not scientific (comments and…

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Paul L. King, Only Believe Examining The Origin And Development Of Classic And Contemporary Word Of Faith Theologies (Tulsa, OK Word And Spirit Press, 2008). Ix + 406 Pp., $39.95, Cloth.

Paul L. King, Only Believe  Examining The Origin And Development Of Classic And Contemporary Word Of Faith Theologies (Tulsa, OK  Word And Spirit Press, 2008). Ix + 406 Pp., $39.95, Cloth.

Book Reviews / Pneuma 32 (2010) 123-175 127 Paul L. King, Only Believe: Examining the Origin and Development of Classic and Contempo- rary Word…