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When Contextualization Becomes Syncretism

Posted on August 31, 2008 by travjohnson Using my own definitions: Contextualization is wrapping culture around the Gospel. Syncrentism is wrapping the Gospel around the culture. When does contextualization become syncretism Filed under: church of god | 39 Comments » »

Church Metrics

Posted on September 23, 2008 by travjohnson LifeChurch.tv is set to release a Church Metrics web application to track attendance, giving, baptisms, etc… across a single or multiple campuses. It is ad free and totally free. LifeChurch.tv has led the way in making high-quality resources available to the Church for free with no obligations. What this has done has raised the quality of ministry for sm... »

Annual Confidence Poll

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Steve Wright The Annual Confidence Poll The 2008 Harris Poll of American leadership confidence has measured the confidence finds 15 of the 16 items listed show a fall in confidence from 07. You can read more here. Thanks to Ed Stetzer. Filed under: trends | 2 Comments » »

Average COG Congregation Size USA & Canada

Posted on November 2, 2007 by travjohnson This information was recently presented at the Top 100 Pastors gathering in Atlanta, GA. PDF Download of the COG Congregation Size USA and Canada 3 Month Avg JPEG Image of Document below: Filed under: Top 100 Churches | Leave a comment » »

And be not drunk

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual... »