Growing Deeper in our Church Communities: 50 ideas for Connection in a Disconnected Age

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Slow Church is inspired by the language and philosophy of the Slow Food and other Slow movements to rethink the ways in which we share life together in our church communities. More importantly, it paints a picture of the more holistic, interconnected, and abundant life together that we believe people have been called to in Jesus.

This eleven-session study guide provides an opportunity to reflect, both individually and in community, on the message of the bestselling Slow Church. In an age characterized by fragmentation and alienation, what role can churches play in bringing people back together again?

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In this ebook, Chris offers 50 ways we can become more deeply connected in our congregations and in our neighborhoods. Scot McKnight said about this book: We must face one another in a listening mode. Francis Collins is a physician and geneticist known for spearheading the Human Genome Project and for his landmark discoveries of disease genes.

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Teaching evolution in school is a polarizing topic that elicits strong feelings on both sides. This post was originally published on barna. Many parents and church leaders wonder how to most effectively cultivate durable faith in the lives of young people. A five-year project headed by the Barna Group explores the opportunities and challenges of faith development among teens and young adults within a rapidly shifting culture.

The research project was comprised of eight national studies, including interviews with teenagers, young adults, parents, youth pastors, and senior pastors. The study of young adults focused on those who were regular churchgoers Christian church during their teen years and explored their reasons for disconnection from church life after age No single reason dominated the break-up between church and young adults.

Instead, a variety of reasons emerged. A few of the defining characteristics of today's teens and young adults are their unprecedented access to ideas and worldviews as well as their prodigious consumption of popular culture. As Christians, they express the desire for their faith in Christ to connect to the world they live in.

However, much of their experience of Christianity feels stifling, fear-based and risk-averse. A second reason that young people depart church as young adults is that something is lacking in their experience of church.