Dying Church

The gift of oddness

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Messy Spirituality: I pastor the slowest growing church in America. We started twelve years ago with ninety members and have ungrown to thirty.

Common ground

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ. I do all this to spread the

Congregational expectations

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Waving or Drowning? : "I am having the depressing experience of reading congregational descriptions of what churches want in a pastor. With hardly

Elephants vs. rabbits

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” I came home tonight to an excellent e-mail from the Gutless Pacifist, pointing me to NextReformation.com (June 23, 2003 post – permalinks broken): Large

SimChurch

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” SimChurch – an idea whose time has come.