Megachurches

Which Master Are We Serving?

Brady Boyd | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Debt, Occupy Church, Occupy Faith, Debt Ceiling, Proverbs 22:7, Occupy Christianity, Megachurches, Occupy Debt, Christianity, Religion News

Let's make sure we are serving the right master, not a world system that gives us easy money and then makes us servants who then have to ask permission to do the things we have already been told to do by our true Master.

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The Bursting Of The Megachurch Bubble?

Skye Jethani | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Megachurch Failure, Megachurch, Megachurch Bubble, Church, Large Church, Megachurches, Christianity, Future of Megachurch, Faith, Religion News

But buried in the positive stats about megachurches may be signs of challenges ahead. Could a bubble be forming? And when it finally bursts will the mega-model be abandoned or severely reengineered?

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Churches Play Key Role In South Carolina Primary

Taylors-Wade Hampton Patch | Carolyn Farr Smith, Chris Winston, Jeff Brush, Lindsay Street, Shiresse Bell and Adam Crisp | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, South Carolina Primary, South Carolina Republican Primary, Religion in South Carolina, Megachurches, Megachurches in South Carolina, Republican Presidential Primary, Religion and Politics, Churches, South Carolina Primary Election 2012, South Carolina Politics, Politics News

Churches are as much a part of South Carolina politics, as making a stop at the world-famous Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg....

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The Role Of Megachurches In Iowa

Urbandale Patch | Ann Carothers-Kay | Posted 12.31.2011

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With no clear Republican presidential favorite among Iowa’s conservative Christians, candidates are running out of time and opportunities to win tha...

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Fast Food Marketing And The Local Church

Brady Boyd | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Marketing, Christianity, Churches, Pastors, Megachurches, Fast Food, Church Attendance, Church Marketing, Religion News

Have we, as American pastors, given up our calling as shepherds and unknowingly become fast food entrepreneurs who are building a religious business and not a church?

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Crystal Cathedral, California's Famous Multimillion-Dollar Megachurch, Is Up For Sale

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- Crystal Cathedral, one of the nation’s first modern megachurches and one that had come to define the movement’s opulent strain with it...

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The Groupon Dilemma For Churches: Attracting Members Without Encouraging Cheapskates

David Briggs | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Megachurches, Giving, Faith, Livingsocial, Religion and Economics, Groupon, Church-Collection-Plate, Christianity, Church Giving, Groupon for Churches, Religion News

People were eager to take the free meals or special offers, but not so willing to keep coming back at prices businesses must charge to turn a profit. Churches, mosques and temples can empathize.

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Evangelical Finance Probe Concluded by Senator

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Charles Grassley, Church Finances, Bishop Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland, Senate-Investigation-Church-Finances, Tv Evangelists, Megachurches, Christianity, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Separation of Church and State, Paula White, Evangelical Christians, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has concluded a three-year probe into alleged lavish spending at...

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The Myth of Progress

The Myth of Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Supreme Purpose In All Religions (And Their Shared Failure)

Steve McSwain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dalai Lama, Steve Mcswain, Coexistence, Human Unity, Church Failures, Christian Tolerance, Interreligious Engagement, Oneness, Religious Dogmas, Interfaith Dialogue, Buddha, Religious Tolerance, Unity in Diversity, Megachurches, Religious Pluralism, Religion News

Rather than mutually respecting and affirming the one and only thing all religions share in common, religious leaders become preoccupied with what distinguishes them in terms of their beliefs, doctrines, viewpoints and so on

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The Unfortunate Effects Apocalyptic Beliefs Can Have On Morality

Jonathan D. Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Morality, Apocalypse, Armageddon, Evangelicals, Religion, Salvation, Evangelical Christianity, Ronald Reagan, Megachurches, End Times, George W. Bush, Apocalyptic Christianity, Religion News

When I was a kid I knew The World was going to Hell in a hand basket. I didn't know what that phrase meant, still don't really, but I knew that it was one of the only times I could get away with saying hell.

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Bible Belt Megachurches On A Building Boom

Religion News Service | By Greg Garrison | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Greg Garrison Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Megachurches here in the heart of the Bible Belt are thriving enough to support a majo...

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Open Your God Account Now, and Get a Free Gift!

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Religion, Westboro Baptist Church, Megachurches, Christianity, Islamic Extremists, Mark Twain, Stephen Jay Gould, Religion News

It used to be that religions proselytized with promises about the hereafter. If there was a present-day benefit to be gained, it was generally something like not being tortured or put to death. But all that has changed.

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Foreclosure Churches struck down by foreclosures

Reuters | Tom Hals | Posted 05.25.2011

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Getting a complete picture of the financial health of churches across the country is difficult. But a review of filings in the Thomson Reuters Westlaw...

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Why Evangelicalism Is Failing A New Generation

Carol Howard Merritt | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are three major reasons that a younger generation is leaving Evangelicalism: pernicious sexism, religious intolerance, and conservative politics.

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Separation of Church and Estate

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Property Tax, Megachurches, Church and State, Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, Churches and Politicking, Religious Tax Exemptions, Catholic Church John Kerry, Prop 8, Christian Echoes National Ministry, Founding Fathers, Churches and Political Funding, Same-Sex Marriage, Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Pledge of Allegiance, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Church Tax Exemption, Inc. v. u.s., Rev. Jay Scott, Catholic Church Obama, Tenth Circuit Court, Politics News

Churches are political organizations that routinely violate IRS statutes, undermining any claim they might have had to property tax exemptions.

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