Month: August 2016
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Life Explored!
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What Is Happening To Our Mother Church?
In the mid 1980’s about 45% of the population of England and Wales identified themselves as Anglicans. Today that number is less than 20%. A new study conducted by St Mary’s University, Twickenham, which was focused mostly on the Catholic Church, revealed some rather disturbing numbers for the Anglican church. The Roman Catholic Church in…
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Three Reasons To Take Attendance…
A conversation over lunch this week with a youth minister prompted me to reflect on the following… Years ago a wise sage (he was actually younger but infinately wiser than me) taught me the value of tracking attendance at youth group, Sunday School, and pretty much anything in our ministry. He showed me a database of…
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Are Youth Pastors An Endangered Species?
I stopped by Rob’s office on my way back from teaching a seminar at our camp. Rob has been doing full time youth ministry in our diocese longer than the 15 years I have been in SC. In those years he has served just two churches. Rob is a prime example of the longevity I…
