Get five people in a room and there will usually be five variations of thought concerning the end-times and the Lord’s coming. Some believe in a pre-tribulation rapture; others, a mid-tribulation rapture or even a post-tribulation rapture. You may be like the man who said he was a pan-millennialist. He believed it would just “pan out” in the end anyway.
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.
At a time when families are under attack in our culture, authors Theresa Thomas and Patti Maguire Armstrong have assembled a recipe for happy families in their book “Big Hearted: Inspiring Stories From Everyday Families” published by Scepter Publishers.
There are an estimated 10 million tithers in America that donate more than $50 billion annually to religious and charitable causes. A new 5-year constituency study released by the State of the Plate gives an inside, in-depth look at the financial, giving, and spiritual practices of 4,413 people who donate 10% or more each year.
