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Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...

 
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Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...
Sunday looks very different from Monday at White Rock United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. During the week, a florist fills out orders next to an artist working on a project. Down the hall, students practice tai chi.

Declining attendance at America's churches -- a persistent trend in recent decades -- has forced some to take a novel approach to keeping their doors open: renting out otherwise empty space during the usually quiet mid-week, CBS News' Omar Villafranca reports.

Senior pastor Mitchell Boone admits White Rock Methodist needed a miracle to stay open.
"We were spending way too much money to keep the doors open and the lights on and the staff paid and Sunday morning going, and so it was clearly a move out of desperation," Boone said. "We were close to death."


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Susie

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Re: Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...
why don't they tell the truth about Jesus instead of lying?
“the devil is a foe to the blood” Prof. Minor
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Re: Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...
why don't they tell the truth about Jesus instead of lying?
 Quoting: rosicrucian1


There is no money to be made in truth.

But lies ALWAYS sell.
christian  (OP)
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bump
Susie

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.....Matthew 6:21
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1
christian  (OP)
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why don't they tell the truth about Jesus instead of lying?
 Quoting: rosicrucian1


Because many Churches have fell for the lie of Multiculturalism and all faiths are equal...

They no longer teach on Sin and the Great Commission,

Susie

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.....Matthew 6:21
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1
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03/18/2019 11:29 PM
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why don't they tell the truth about Jesus instead of lying?
 Quoting: rosicrucian1


There is no money to be made in truth.

But lies ALWAYS sell.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46702998


yes there is, but who makes cash from lies?

that is the question.
“the devil is a foe to the blood” Prof. Minor
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Churches that follow 5013c are no longer following the Lord! They have been given over to mammon!
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Many churches are getting shutdown in IL since residents are moving out of the state.
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When will the security systems be installed? Perhaps a new collection drive is in order.
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There are Satanists in all of the churches today.
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If you are like a good majority of folks who have read Revelation, you probably struggle to understand the meaning of the "Seven Churches" and how it would relate to end times, especially considering that those churches have basically vanished from the world.

But if you take the "traits" that are used to describe those 7 Churches, and apply them to modern day religions / denominations, you may be able to see how those things are relevant to specific groups.

Steven M Collins does just that, and you can download a 57 page PDF that explains his analysis of this.

On this webpage, look at the far right for a tab "A New Look at the Seven Churches of Revelation".

[link to www.stevenmcollins.com]

At the bottom of the drop-down menu is an option to download the PDF.



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nuffin new

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True Bethel Baptist Church
Location: Buffalo
Capacity: 1200 sq. ft.
Date opened: Sept. 2004
This Buffalo, New York church demonstrates that man shall not live by Hearty Italian bread alone.
Reverend Darius Pridgen opened the restaurant at his church in 2003 to provide job training to neighborhood residents and food for the hungry.

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Re: Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...
If you are like a good majority of folks who have read Revelation, you probably struggle to understand the meaning of the "Seven Churches" and how it would relate to end times, especially considering that those churches have basically vanished from the world.

But if you take the "traits" that are used to describe those 7 Churches, and apply them to modern day religions / denominations, you may be able to see how those things are relevant to specific groups.

Steven M Collins does just that, and you can download a 57 page PDF that explains his analysis of this.

On this webpage, look at the far right for a tab "A New Look at the Seven Churches of Revelation".

[link to www.stevenmcollins.com]

At the bottom of the drop-down menu is an option to download the PDF.



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Maybe he did that on purpose knowing what the consequences of attacking the money changers would be. How he behaved after that incident is more revealing. It's an easy thing for mans authority to talk himself into killing innocence to justify the 'greater' good. How does one speak to an 'authority' over life and death?
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Re: Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...
If you are like a good majority of folks who have read Revelation, you probably struggle to understand the meaning of the "Seven Churches" and how it would relate to end times, especially considering that those churches have basically vanished from the world.

But if you take the "traits" that are used to describe those 7 Churches, and apply them to modern day religions / denominations, you may be able to see how those things are relevant to specific groups.

Steven M Collins does just that, and you can download a 57 page PDF that explains his analysis of this.

On this webpage, look at the far right for a tab "A New Look at the Seven Churches of Revelation".

[link to www.stevenmcollins.com]

At the bottom of the drop-down menu is an option to download the PDF.



wwjd2
 Quoting: TheLordsServant


clappa
Susie

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.....Matthew 6:21
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Re: Churches are opening their doors to businesses in order to survive...
Man you could get a wicked long stripper pole into a lot of churches. And since its night, thats like unused time, so pure profit.





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