Why Your Church Isn't Growing

Doctrine and Devotion

Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

As pastors Joe and Jimmy are getting ready for the 4th of July they take some time to discuss church growth, and more specifically, 10 reasons why your church may not be growing. Plus, Joe recommended Outgrowing the Ingrown Church by C. John Miller as a helpful book to read if you find your church losing its emphasis on reaching out.

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0:17.3	Welcome to doctrine and devotion. A podcast exploring Christian faith and practice from a reformed Baptist perspective. My name is Joe Thorne, church
0:20.7	growth expert at Redeemer. Joe Thorne, Church Growth Expert.
0:25.0	At Redeemer Fellowship? I just, I've gone freelance.
0:27.0	Oh, you're freelance now?
0:28.0	I'm a consultant now.
0:29.0	Your independent contractor now.
0:31.0	1099.
0:32.0	That's all that. Now I just collect the checks. But what about the 119? independent contractor now. You're 1099. 1099.
0:33.0	Now I just collect the checks.
0:34.0	Well, what about the 1199?
0:35.0	Yeah.
0:36.0	I do the 1299, 1199, 899.
0:38.0	I do it all.
0:39.0	I've never heard of those. Yeah, 1999.
0:40.0	Yeah.
0:41.0	You print it up, or formerly known as Prince it up?
0:43.0	And I'm Jimmy Father, because I'm going to a pastor at Redeemer Fellowship.
0:47.0	Yeah, we're a couple pastors at Redeemer Fellowship, a church,
0:50.0	I don't know, 30, 40 miles west of Chicago.
0:53.2	St Charles it's a church we love we love being here and you know what it's been
0:59.3	We've gotten some good news lately. Yeah, you know, I mean you you labor and we share
1:05.0	share some of the things that we're going through at least you know big picture
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