Drew Downs

Tag: dying church

  • The Trouble with Being Done with Church

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    The Trouble with Being Done with Church

    It is a familiar sight in many of our churches: to see the empty space, the pew that once held up a faithful member, a devoted, active, loving Christian. One of us. And now, an empty space. Nobody has died, of course. Not this week, anyway. The space is empty because the person who was…

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    A Growing Church is a Dying Church « The Theological Wanderings of a Street Pastor

    Sometimes what we all need is some good ol’ truth-telling. The prophetic sort. The kind that we gloss over read each week from Jesus. J. Barrett Lee timed this one perfectly: A Growing Church is a Dying Church « The Theological Wanderings of a Street Pastor. In light of Sunday’s gospel, our call to sacrifice, here…