Children in the Worship Service
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Shepherd Thoughts: It appears that children participated in the corporate worship of the churches from the beginning. See also the podcast.
Riding wave of popularity, Ark Encounter exceeds attendance projections
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“The Ark Encounter in Williamstown is riding a wave of popularity, exceeding attendance projections after being open for less than three months.”
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Purpose & Principles of a Local Church
Sometimes people think I or our elders don’t know the rules for the game of “doing church.” In many ways, however, the difference between HPC (Highland Park Church) and more typical approaches is intentionally engineered based upon convictions and understandings derived from a fresh study of the Word back in 1995-6.
Besides studying relevant Scripture portions, the elders (yours truly included) read Gene Getz’s book, “Sharpening the Focus of the Church” as prerequisite preparation. We had a second meeting every month for the better part of a year to construct this document. When you consider all the individual work we did at home, this was quite an undertaking.
Our approach was to be different from the typical conservative evangelical/ fundamental church by trying to get as many people involved as possible in our services and church life. One key statement is, “We want people to be attracted to HPC primarily because they see God at work in the lives of our people.”
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Where did the Bible go? Author finds ‘alternative version of Christianity’ in mega-type churches
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Veteran religion reporter Kenneth A. Briggs is author of “The Invisible Bestseller: Searching for the Bible in America.”
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Pastors With Fake Degrees
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When a pastor with a D.Min. passes his degree off as an earned Ph.D he engages in chicanery
Most clueless lay people think “Dr. So and So” is a bona-fide academic, even though he only has, a good and useful, D.Min.
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