Dying Church

Single greatest threat

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From an interview with Brian McLaren in Net Results: Q: What is the single greatest threat to the organized Church? A: God. If the

Interview with Eugene Peterson

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Christianity Today's Books and Culture: The deeper problem, Peterson said, is that two things that are basic to the Christian life

Cookbook Christianity

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” The people I spoke with showed extreme antipathy toward formulas and "packaged" Christianity. In their experience, it was downright misleading to try

Finding faith in the church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Relevant Magazine: People always think of faith and church as interchangeable, or that the former depends upon the latter. And while there is

Why people leave the church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Interesting facts on why people leave church. I had no idea that 94% of church leavers were leaders within the church, rather than fringe