tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685744.post113077417029583064..comments2024-02-07T09:43:06.021-05:00Comments on Hemmeke Blog: Famine of the Word?Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081920850753920313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685744.post-1133115516306840982005-11-27T13:18:00.000-05:002005-11-27T13:18:00.000-05:00I too found this reflects our congregation's situa...I too found this reflects our congregation's situation as well. Yet, is all lost? Are we going to see everyone going to the user-friendly, charismatic congregations with Christianity lite? I would say yes, except for having seen at least 4 congregations within a 2 hour drive of where I minister that are growing and vibrant yet have worship and preaching such as is found in my congregation. They have many young people, and a desire to make Christ known in all of life. What I have found sets these congregations apart, what makes them different from mine, is that they have a prayer meeting. Not like the one in my congregation, attended only by myself and one elder (my wife came as well before our baby was born, but someone has to tend him so she stays at home now), but one attended by many people in the congregation--young and old. There they pray for the church, that Christ will being growth and revival. There prayer meeting is not a Bible study, but a time of corporate prayer. May God move all our congregations to that sort of prayer, for only he can do so. May we pray, so that when we grow, all glory goes to God, not to us and our strategies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685744.post-1130775009499810742005-10-31T11:10:00.000-05:002005-10-31T11:10:00.000-05:00Great post, I wish I wrote it because it describes...Great post, I wish I wrote it because it describes my church and ministry situation to a tee.Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351929275291336450noreply@blogger.com