(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 4. Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3) Continued review/critique of Autopsy of a Deceased Church. Chapter 8: Pastoral Tenure Decreases…
Follow the Money
(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 3. Part 1 and Part 2) Chapter 5: The Budget Moved Inwardly “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be…
How Many Baptists does it Take to Change a Light bulb?
(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 2. here is part 1) The chapters are short, this make the reading easy and convenient for a day that can…
The Autopsy Room
(Book Review of, Autopsy of a Deceased Church. part 1) I’ll confess, at first I was expecting Rainer’s book, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, to be a regular church growth…
Do Churches Die?
From time to time I receive free books. The sending party is not really looking for me to do a formal review or report, I expect they want me to…
The Dog Whipper
Sometimes, reading church history can open up reason for saying… “wait… what?” This was one of those moments. This morning I was reading the second volume of “The Review of…
Courageous Resolve
Happy Thanksgiving! “Few promptings of heroism rank higher in human annals than the courageous resolve which let the little band to seek in the unknown Western World a new home…
The Only Rule of Christian Faith and Practice
(from Thomas Armitage; Baptist Faith and Practice) Concerning the Bible: “That the book called the Bible is given by the inspiration of God, and is the only rule of Christian…
We Desire to Hear from You
I’ve recently come across a gold mine of Baptist history (www.baptisthistoryhomepage.com). I’ve begun a random selection of biographies, essays and sermons. I first landed on this unknown (to me) Baptist,…
How Aware Are You?
It won’t be long and you’ll begin to see the talented musicians playing those familiar Christmas tones on their pianos, cellos and violins. I don’t mean to make small of…