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01-08-2011, 07:36 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
While I agree that there is some merit to bringing up children in the church, thus increasing local numbers in the assembly,  I don't think that is how God added to the [early] church "daily such as should be saved."
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01-08-2011, 07:39 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
To clarify, I'm talking about my church in this thread. My church does not struggle with the 200 curse. lol
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01-08-2011, 07:39 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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Why would anybody be happy with a church that isn't growing?? I'm talking about the churches that have been the same size for the past 30 to 40 years. There's something going wrong if this is the case. There are many churches like this today.
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Its probably because of mindset's like this:
http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=31433
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01-08-2011, 07:42 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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To clarify, I'm talking about my church in this thread. My church does not struggle with the 200 curse. lol
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One suggested reason for smaller churches not being able to grow is because of generations of the same family attending and thus making it difficult, politically, for newcomers to join. It is good for family members to fly the coop (and their hometowns) when they reach adulthood -probably a very similar to the reason that God confused mankind's languages.
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01-08-2011, 07:44 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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01-08-2011, 07:45 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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One suggested reason for smaller churches not being able to grow is because of generations of the same family attending and thus making it difficult, politically, for newcomers to join. It is good for family members to fly the coop (and their hometowns) when they reach adulthood -probably a very similar to the reason that God confused mankind's languages.
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Wait a minute [thread hijack], RW are you saying you believe in the literal account of Genesis 10? Consistency please.
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"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
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01-08-2011, 07:47 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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Never need to win a single soul!
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Win your own family first!
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01-08-2011, 07:47 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
BTW. I just started on here today, can you guys see my profile pic..???
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01-08-2011, 07:53 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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BTW. I just started on here today, can you guys see my profile pic..???
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Nope.
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01-08-2011, 07:54 PM
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Re: The 200 curse!!!
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Wait a minute [thread hijack], RW are you saying you believe in the literal account of Genesis 10? Consistency please. |
Literal, in that God confused their languages. Not a whole lotta details given besides that.
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