Podcast Episode #222

A descriptive look at six church practices that are fading in many North American churches. These fading practices cross almost all theological and denominational lines.

Some highlights from today's episode include:

* Few churches do Sunday evening worship well. Most don't do them well or don't do them at all.

* So many churches did away with programmatic evangelism, but never replaced it with any other evangelistic efforts.

* The majority of churches in North America do not have anything intentional in place for local evangelism.

* If people are joining a church, there's a natural assumption that it's evangelistic. But most times, it's not.

* Mark Dever and the IX Marks group have helped bring the importance of regenerate church membership to the forefront.

* The Millennials are moving the church to an outward focus more than any other factor.

The six church practices that are fading are:

* Sunday evening worship

* Programmatic evangelism

* In-home visitation

* Easy membership

* Inwardly busy church

* Seasonal revivals

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Resources

* The Decline of Sunday Evening Services

* Whatever Happened to Sunday Evening Services?

* What Is a Healthy Church?

* What Is a Healthy Church Member?

* Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

* Church Memberers...