The Most Common Facton In Declining Churches

The Most Common Facton In Declining Churches - christianpost.com

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"'Stated simply, the most common factor in declining churches is an inward focus.' The ministries are only for the members. The budgetary funds are used almost exclusively to meet the needs of the members. The times of worship and worship styles are geared primarily for the members. Conflict takes place when members don't get things their way. You get the picture."
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Maybe the real reason for the decline in churches today is we are living in the last days just before our Lord Jesus appears. The Bible predicts this "decline" in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
(emphasis mine)

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