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Our goal is to see churches live and thrive. To know how to help churches we must understand and identify the drift which pulls churches towards the grave. In today’s episode of Revitalize and Replant Thom and Mark Clifton will discuss the characteristics of four churches which will soon die.
Four Churches:
- The ex-Bible church
- The self-serving church
- The bad words church
- The ex-community church
Resources mentioned in today’s podcast:
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What is the bad words church?
You need to listen to their very clear description of that term in the podcast.
Please define “community” for me. I keep hearing you say that we need to identify with our community., but how big of an area are you talking about?
Is it:
the immediate neighborhood? (a few blocks)
one mile radius of the church?
the zip code of the church?
the city?
the county?
Thank you.
My guess would be that it might vary. I’m in a small town, so my “Community” might be up to 15 miles radius. Maybe more. But if you live in a city, your “Community” might be 1/2 mile in any direction. My guess would be that it means the people that you might see/interact with regularly. In my area, it’s not a big deal to drive to the next town over for dinner or shopping. We also have people driving 20 miles to come to church.
Typically, community is within 15 minutes of the church. That especially applies in less populated areas. In more urban areas it would be closer, I would say within the historic boundaries of a city/subdivision.