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Five Reasons a Healthy Growing Church Must Teach the Essentials of Christianity


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One of the key reasons many churches are not growing today is that many of their church members do not know the essentials of the Christian faith. Thom and Sam examine this phenomenon and offer key steps for the church to move forward.

    • Many church members do not know or believe the basics of the Christian faith.
        • Knowledge does not equate to action, but you need to know why to respond faithfully.
            • Bible teaching is inconsistent or non-existent in many small groups in churches.
                • Culture teaches many half-truths that are not truth at all.
                    • All churches should restart with an “essentials class” in their small groups.
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