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At $347,000 Per Baptism Maybe It’s Time To Rethink Church

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The tail is wagging the dog. Proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favor does not require a 501(C)(3) corporation. The kingdom of God is not infrastructure dependent. At $347,000 per baptism, maybe it’s time to rethink Church.
Bernard Moon / Mar 16 2009
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U.S. "Unchurched" Nears 100 Million

If they're not at church, where are they?
The Barna Group reports that roughly 100 million people in the U.S. don't attend church. The good news for readers of InsideWork®, according to Dan Wooldridge, is that they are 100% in the marketplace.
Dan Wooldridge / Mar 22 2007
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What Can Religion Learn From Business?

Harvard's Laura Nash Talks About The Disconnect Of Church on Sunday + Work on Monday

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Harvard's Laura Nash Talks About The Disconnect Of Church on Sunday + Work on Monday (+ Jim Hancock considers a workaround because it doesn't look like things are likely to change any time soon).
Jim Hancock / Oct 23 2009
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Economics

Nobody's Blaming God This Time
It is too soon to know how this recession-depression will work out for religious institutions and ideas. While watching and waiting, Historian Martin Marty decided to do what so many do: compare today to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Martin Marty / Mar 26 2009
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The Role of the Church in the Scheme of Life

Paul Fromont, a New Zealander, raises some issues in a blog about the role of the church in today's society... and as an individual. He addresses the issue from the perspective of where does one find "community"
Jim Hancock / Mar 12 2005
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Glynn » Good post, Jim. At first, based on the headline, I thought this was going in another direction. I think I've had my fill of all the things churches thought they could learn from business -- and forgot [...] What Can Religion Learn From Business?
David Rupert » This story is filled with all the drama that surrounds talented individuals and a church culture that simply doesnt know how to commission and support these people in the secular workforce...so they grab [...] A High Calling
Brett Johnson » Wholeness is good, but can you be whole in these separate areas and yet not have them integrated? Sustaining wholeness at home, work, church, etc. without them being integrated will, in today's world, [...] The Case for Convergence