Dying Church

Every Church is Dying

From the archives: It struck me this week that every church is a dying church in some sense: * Some churches are literally dying. They are slowly losing people and will likely shut down.

Five Changes

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Interesting answer to a good question by David Fitch (found via): If you had to list 5 of the most important elements that you

Mystery Guests?

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From GalliBlog: The modern American church is often so large and so businesslike in its approach to ministry that it easily loses track of

95 Theses for the American Church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” * Part One on discipleship * Part Two on community * Part Three on the Church * Part Four on the pastorate * Part Five on purpose All of

How success diminishes mission

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Dallas Willard in The Divine Conspiracy: Intense devotion to God by the individual or group brings substantial outward success. Outward success brings a