One of the statements the G O made in his 4/28/16 webcast was; ” we are seeking to learn strategies, of how to build multiple campuses and how to multiply the Church of God around the world.” Certainly there is a need to speed up the process of reaching the world. Population experts predict that the world will have a net gain of about 55 million this year. Of the 7.7 billion souls on planet earth right now perhaps as many as 4 billion have not heard enough of the true gospel to be really true believers.
Even in a heavily churched area like Cleveland/Bradley County, Tn. with it’s 100,000 population, City Data.Com lists 30,000 as ” nones. ” My pastor friends list these as ” burned over ” fields. at any rate they will need to be reached in a slightly different way, a way that so far they have turned down.
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What amazed me Jim one time in Cleveland Tn I noticed all kinds of dens of sin in eye shot of the general headquarters, it was a big wake up call for me, sin has infected everywhere.
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multiple campuses??
60% of churches are less than 100
35% of churches are less than 300 -
We have raised generations of pew potatoes who expect to be entertained each Sunday. The traditional church model has proven to essentially a total failure in regards to making true disciples or followers of Jesus. Just getting people to come out to a special building does not necessarily equate to true growth. We have to learn how to connect with people where they live and work.
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