Carol Pipes/LifeWay
Nine out of 10 churches in America are declining or growing at a pace
slower than the rate of their communities. Churches limp along as
members drift out the proverbial back door. So what can church leaders
do to stop the exodus? Thom S. Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian
Resources and best-selling author, sees this as a symptom of an
underlying problem in most churches.
Rainer suggests American
congregations are weak and in decline because church members have lost
the biblical understanding of what it means to be part of the body of
Christ. People join churches expecting to be served, fed and cared for,
he says.
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