[Leadership Network Book Blog] To those who blindly disregard this new direction, we would ask, “on what grounds does the attractional church have to judge any other form of church at this point in our history?” When we’re losing approximately 2% of our present churched population every year, and we’re not reclaiming much new conversion growth, I believe the responsibility to prove or defend certain methods of ministry fall not on the experimenters or research and developers, but on the present forms to prove “why they should get to keep doing the same thing, if it’s not working.”
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[usingthesecret] Transcript for the Irshad Manji/Glenn Beck Interview: For example, the Koran tells us that women have the choice to get married. If they choose to get married, then the Koran also encourages women to actually draw up a prenuptial contract, Glenn, so that in the event of a major disagreement between husband and wife, the woman`s interests, as she defines them, will be as much protected as the husband`s interests are.
[The Arts Newsletter Experiment] Flight of the PrimaCaucus: The Brick House Community Resource Center of Turners Falls is sponsoring its fourth annual Great Falls Art Fest on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2008 on the beautiful grounds of the Great Falls Discovery Center (GFDC) on Avenue A, in Turners Falls, MA (just off Route 2 and over the Gill-Montague Bridge). Along with a myriad of artists, the Great Falls Art Fest also offers two full days of live local music, fun children's activities, and delicious local cuisine.
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