How We Christians Miss The Boat Analysis

Author Dan Yarnell suggested seven characteristics of a Christ-honoring church in the 21st century: worship, fellowship, interaction with Scripture, discipleship, community, living sacrificially, and living missionally. However, Yarnell contradicted himself when he stated that the church originated at Pentecost (Acts 2) and proceeded to provide examples of the effects of cultural development and new missional opportunities on the church prior to Pentecost. While the term “church” or “” is unique to Acts and the following New Testament writings, its concept and precepts existed from the time of Genesis. In fact, Yarnell did not reference any Old Testament passages or practices. Therefore, Yarnell contradicted himself and ignored Old

May 1, 2016, the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, located in Greenwood (S.C.) County will celebrate its 142nd church anniversary. Many years Mt. Olive have been a church that loved people, gave without limits and took great care of its members. The last five of those one hundred and forty-two years, I have been honored to serve as pastor of this great church. Although this is a great church, Mt. Olive and many churches like it are plagued with a disease that has slowly, but surely, causing the church to drift further away from God and fall deeper into the ways of the world. This epidemic is known as “tradition”. Churches that are bound by tradition and not led by the Holy Spirit will find themselves missing the mark of what God has called us to do. The bible is filled with instructions for the church, but as Christians and Disciples of Christ, Matthew 28 is the foundation upon which we should be operating on in the church as well as in our lives. The Great Commission challenges us to “go, teach and preach to all nations.” Traditional churches will allow church tradition to dictate biblical doctrine. It will allow the church to argue about who’s right instead of what’s right. Sadly, church success has been based on structure and finances rather than saving lost souls.

In The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons presents how the next generation of Christians turns the tide by bringing the truth of the Gospel to bear on our changing, secular society. While many Christians are worrying about the growing disregard for Christians and deviation from our faith, Gabe holds an optimistic attitude and believes now we are restorers, and Christianity’s best day are yet to come

Christianity experienced many pitfalls along the path to fulfillment. As in history, today we find ourselves learning Christ’s lessons

Many people believe that that the motivation of the Christian church is to radically “change the world”. However, through his book To Change The World, James Davison Hunter explains how this common believe is a misconception. Rather, he shows readers that, from a sociological perspective, while Christians thrive in many areas of life by reaching others individually, they fundamentally components of creating cultural change.

Looking at European “Christendom” of the Middle Ages and considering the concept of “Christian America,” what lessons might believers learn today from the strengths and pitfalls too closely aligning the Church with culture and society?

Toronto’s branch of the Christian City Church, also known as C3, is made up of mainly millennials who take a different approach to the traditional Sunday church. C3 is a movement to make religion more casual and not as traditional. From Christian rock bands to EDM, the C3 movement believes in trying something new for millennial Christians, a more interesting atmosphere. with more than 450 churches in 64 countries, originating in New Zealand. The C3’s movement uses a ‘dressed-down approach’ for their Sunday service and their large following on social media to communicate with their church-goers. Using social media and setting themselves apart from other churches, they were able to increase their church community from 8 to 800. The church’s

A sentiment common to almost any organization is that the one fact that remains constant is change. As society changes, and human understanding grows, any organization that maintains a static posture, assures its demise. Churches and Christian organizations are no exception. The gospel may remain the same, but the method for communicating it must speak to the audience to assure understanding. The Christian leader must be prepared to meet this challenge by incorporating an effective model for change into his theology of leadership in order to keep the ministry relevant and effective. Searching for such a change agent can prove to be challenging as well. To aid in this search, four

If such trends continue, Jenkins claims Christianity will inevitably become increasingly Southern in style, culture, philosophy, and academics. So the questions remain: what will Christianity look like when it is no longer culturally European or Western? Will it still be Christianity in its core? As the church population explodes in developing nations and becomes more indigenous to those cultures, will there be a conflict of orthodoxy and heresy like in the early church? Will the church become increasingly poor, libertarian, or spiritual? [10] In the second half of the book, Jenkins responds to these questions.

There has also been a decline in spiritual enrichment in churches to its followers which has allowed new religions and new age innovations to come up. Christians convert to these religions trying to look for spiritual enrichment and fulfillment. “Christian knowledge is being challenged with scientific and worldly knowledge. There is no longer the idea of one truth, one correct body of knowledge,” (Bruce, 1996). In a world based on facts, Christians are continually looking for facts of God’s existence and they forget that faith believes in the unseen.

The emerging church movement consists of a diverse group of people who identify with Christianity, but who feel that reaching the postmodern world would requires it to radically reshape the chruch’s beliefs and practices to conform to postmodernism.[14]

In today’s episode found in John’s gospel, we see the disciples back in Galilee, back doing what was familiar—fishing—but on this occasion without anything to show for it. That is, until Jesus, in the guise of a stranger, greets them on the shore and points them to an abundant harvest from the Sea of Galilee as they obediently follow his

The Catholic church has been declining in active church membership in the recent times. Catholic leaders are concerned about this because, a low amount active practitioners will result in fewer active practitioners in the future. There are numerous reasons for this, but the main reason for this occurrence is that many people, especially younger people tend to disagree with the values of the church and their stance on social issues. For example, people tend to have unfavorable views on the church due to their stance on gay marriage, divorce/remarriage, and birth control. However, the solution to combat this problem is to encourage church leaders to be more liberal and less traditional with their teachings. Although the church leader, pope Francis

The church must represent the light for those that are lost. It must be that beacon on the hill for all to see. People, in our society today, are searching

Thesis: There are so many false doctrines out in the religious world, that I can’t even keep count. There are everything from false teachers trying to gain monetary profit (1st Peter 5:2-3 says, “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”), to teachings that tell you to follow your own heart and ways (Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.) I am here to reassure you that there is hope, and a church that Christ bled and died for that holds the truth. This church is called, the Church of Christ.