http://timchester.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/churches-grow-when-you-ask-a-lot-of-christians/ reformed spirituality and missional church Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://timchester.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/churches-grow-when-you-ask-a-lot-of-christians/#comment-834 Colin Thomas Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:26:12 +0000 http://timchester.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/churches-grow-when-you-ask-a-lot-of-christians/#comment-834 Amen Amen

]]> http://timchester.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/churches-grow-when-you-ask-a-lot-of-christians/#comment-832 Steve McAlpine Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:31:05 +0000 http://timchester.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/churches-grow-when-you-ask-a-lot-of-christians/#comment-832 Aside from the funky cup thing - that's great. I remember reading Wells and being impressed by how much he desired God's weightiness. Raising the bar in church actually makes people jump it! My friends in Oz who were at NOS were shocked to discover (when it was going ok) that no-one was scrambling to get them to join. They were told "We expect you to be able to jump this bar, if you can good, if not perhaps you'd better go somewhere else." Aside from the funky cup thing – that’s great. I remember reading Wells and being impressed by how much he desired God’s weightiness. Raising the bar in church actually makes people jump it! My friends in Oz who were at NOS were shocked to discover (when it was going ok) that no-one was scrambling to get them to join. They were told “We expect you to be able to jump this bar, if you can good, if not perhaps you’d better go somewhere else.”

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