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Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S. : NPR npr.org/2024/01/24/122637173…
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“I once had a conversation with a wise old woman about my desire for our church to gain influence, reach more people, and change many more lives. She interrupted me, shaking her head. ‘No, no, no!’, she said….”
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“‘Be careful! More isn’t always a sign of growth. You can grow in influence, have lots more people, more money, more buildings – but if you haven’t grown in the presence of Jesus among you and in His love for the poor, then what you’re talking about isn’t healthy growth at all…”
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Check out this training on creating a Discipleship Multiplication Movement. Get started with a few others and share what you are learning. Session 1:1…
Simple Definition of Disciple and Church - Zúme Training zume.training/definition-of-…
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🚨NEW TRAINING DATE🚨
Church planters and pastors – we have a new date for our in-person cohort training for church planting.
Dallas/Fort Worth
Sept 19-21
Find out more ➡️ glocal.net/event/church-plan…
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Listening well is an evangelistic art.
mikefrost.net/the-evangelist…
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If you're at the Texas Baptists Family Gathering, come visit our booth! Let's talk church planting in the Pacific Northwest! #familygathering2023
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Part 2 – Religion in America: Evidence from Cellphone Data
Based on the 2.1M cellphones in my main sample that I discussed in “Part 1”, here is the estimated number of worshippers in the US each week from April 2019 to Feb 2020:
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I am wrapping up a paper (see abstract below) titled "Religious Observance in America: Evidence from Cellphone Data". I have a gazillion figures about religion that I think are pretty interesting and make for fun Twitter content.
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Here is a free webinar I will be doing in a couple of months with the folks at @5Qcollective on the topic of #APEST and #ChurchPlanting
eventbrite.com/e/apest-and-c…
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Titles mean so little - so many people fight to have one - must be addressed by one because it’s their identity . . .
There are 2.6 BILLION Christian’s in the world & approx 210 MILLION in the U.S. I turned up the VOLUME (voice of Gods global church) 7 years ago to remind myself the fewest & loudest don’t represent Gods Kingdom in the world. Wisdom: Read and listen widely to avoid echo chambers
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A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem:
I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?
My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth!
The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever.
Psalm 121:1-2,8 (NLT)
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“They’re out for the kill, these tormentors with their obscenities,Taunting day after day, “Where is this God of yours?” “Why are you down in the dumps,dear soul? Why are you crying the blues?Fix my eyes on God—soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God
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“Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night! My life is God’s prayer. “Sometimes I ask God, my rock-solid God, “Why did you let me down? Why am I walking around in tears, harassed by enemies?”
Psalms 42:9-10 MSG bible.com/bible/97/psa.42.9-…
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“When my soul is in the dumps, I rehearse everything I know of you, From Jordan depths to Hermon heights, including Mount Mizar. Chaos calls to chaos, to the tune of whitewater rapids. Your breaking surf, your thundering breakers crash and crush me. Then… bible.com/bible/97/psa.42.6-…
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“Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God— soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God.”
Psalms 42:5 MSG bible.com/bible/97/psa.42.5.…
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““In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.””
Matthew 5:48 MSG bible.com/bible/97/mat.5.48.…
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