@ElectronixGuru@Protestia Actually, the church serves many functions and not all will have to be done at the same time at 11 o’clock on Sunday mornings. The last verses in Acts 2:42 does not say I’ll have to be done in one service. They actually had their prayer meetings at 3 o’clock daily at the temple
@ElectronixGuru@Protestia I don’t think you can prove that scripturally. Peter preached and 3000 were saved. What we did in the church I pastored was that we saw Sunday mornings as the equivalent of a Billy Graham Crusade. Sunday night was for believers and their edification
and then giving themselves to learning how to please an obey God as a fully surrendered disciple of Christ. Our mission was very simple: Seeker to spirit-empowered Servant of Christ. Seeker to Servant in short. The end result is that the churches job is to make disciples!
@Protestia discovering new life in Christ. I then “spring boarded” to preaching on the prodigal son. I look back on my almost 20 years with that church and without question that particular series some more people come just out of curiosity, many making a decision for Christ, being baptized
@zackland17@Protestia You guys are all wrong. It’s not a Bethel song. It’s a song by one of the greatest songwriters in church history, Chris Tomlin. My wife and I went to one of his concerts last summer in New York City in Central Park and I was overwhelmed by the spirit of God‘s presence.
@mattvanswol in the resurrected Christ. The Apostle Paul was repeatedly stoned and left for dead until he was finally beheaded by the Emperor Nero. I would encourage you to buy Foxes Book of Martyrs. I wept as I read it as a new believer, realizing just how shallow my faith was.
@mattvanswol Any sincere Christian has gone through what you’re going through. Here’s something to consider, though that for me really took me over the fence from unbelief to belief: all of the apostles, except one, John, who survived being boiled in oil, were martyred for their faith
@Protestia You would do well to remove the log out of your own eye rather than just trying to take the spec out of your brother’s eye. Craig and Amy Groshelle are two of the finest service of Christ on this planet.
@Protestia My question to all of you is how many people that are genuinely far from God has your church reached in the last year? Most churches is just transfer growth. While I was at life Church, I saw hundreds give their lives to Christ and be baptized and connected into foundation groups
@nobody46137082@ShawnRyan762 So you really actually think that it’s just destitute senior citizens buying their books? Please give statistics. Also please give proof that Rick Warren and Joel Osteen have luxury jets. You’re not going to find it because they don’t. I’d hate to have a jaded, cynical, mind as u
@zbrandonz@cubert9@ShawnRyan762 You’ve got a lot of guts to be able to say what this person’s motive is. He or she belongs to life church pastor by Craig Groeshel who’s salary can be looked up on Google. He and his wife Amy are humble people with a fantastic family. Could you b blind to the log in your own eye?
@NickJVos@ShawnRyan762 So in your opinion, just how big should a church get? The very first church in the book of act grew to 5000 very quickly. I think we could call that a mega church.
@nobody46137082@ShawnRyan762 So using Rick Warren or Joel Osteen, as an example who do not take a church salary, but live off income from their book sales, should we apply the same standard to any author who makes a living by selling their books?