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Have
Barna's Revolutionaries Come to Your Town?
Within six days of publication of the previous
edition of Advance (#22), 459 of some
10,000 subscribers responded to our article
on the more controversial tenets in George Barna's
new book Revolution. As a group, |
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expressed no distinguishable opinion as to whether there
is an increase in the numbers of devout followers of
Christ who believe that relating to a local church is
optional, or to a shift in their thinking that "worship"
is more of a lifestyle than a gathering.
But readers did show clear disagreement with Barna's
claim that there is an increase in those who view attendance
at a worship service as detrimental to their
Christian walk. And while they tended to agree that
local churches have less influence on the culture, they
were uncertain about whether churches will have less
influence in the future than they have today.
Many readers used the "comment" option to
offer thoughtful responses. Roughly half showed sympathy
to Barna's findings and about half voiced concerns about
them.
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| CCN Broadcast: Reaching Emerging Generations
Dan Kimball, Senior Pastor of Vintage Faith Church,
Santa Cruz, CA, and author of They Love Jesus,
But Not the Church, will be the featured speaker
for the May 9, 2006 broadcast of "Reaching
Emerging Generations: They Love Jesus But Not
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Part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series,
the broadcast will expand your vision, your ministry and
your church culture to reach the 18-to-30 year olds in
your community who are fascinated by Jesus but put off
by the church.
For more information, go to: www.ccn.tv.
| Multi-Site Conference Offers New Breakouts
There is still time to register for the Coast to Coast Multi-Site Conference, which will offer new breakout sessions on: Children's Ministry for Multi-Site, Youth Ministry for Multi-Site and Reproducing Leaders for Multi-Site.
The conference, being held May 8-9 at Seacoast
Church in Charleston, SC, is a unique gathering
offering insights and innovations from multi-site
ministry pioneers Community Christian Church of
Naperville, IL, North |
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Coast Church of Vista, CA, and Seacoast Church.
For more information or to register for the conference,
go to www.multi-site.org.
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