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Our church is described as one church, meeting in several locations. Things have been growing at an organic pace over some years and the overall vision and culture of the church seems to be good. However, over time, as different congregations do, things start being done differently because...

I am a Christian who speaks in tongues and believes in a pentecostal-type faith, though still attending a Presbyterian church (another story). I recently lost my father, whom we prayed for for a long time and he died most likely unsaved. He left a big emotional and financial hole, lots of...

Hello CF Community, My name's Ben and it has been some time since I lasted posted on here, probably as much as 13 years! I used to post a lot on another Christian forum and this one as well, but then other social media seemed to take over. However, I do miss the nature of connection on the ol'...

Seeing that proponents of homosexuality usually cite the supposed inconsistency between which Levitical laws we keep today (e.g. no homosexual acts) and which we don't (e.g. eating shellfish), can anyone tell me just how we decide which of the levitical laws we still hold to and which we don't...

What if a person comes into your church and worships extravagantly and with abandon, throwing it all out there - and you're a conservative church? What would you or your church do in response? Would you discourage them? Give them the silent treatment? Keep a wide berth? Join in? Put them on the...

Some churches go for people with skills first and work from there when it comes to motivation. Others choose anyone who has a desire to worship, even if they can't sing or do anything, with wildly varying results. Others never refuse a person but try to train them up and only put them on a team...

Are there any creative, innovative or unusual ways that you've heard of or used to make worship more effective?

:D:D:D JUST FOR FUN!!! :D:D:D If you went to heaven today and were greeted by the universe's ultimate worship team, what would be the lead instrument or vocal? Is it the sultry saxophone? The electric guitar? Or has everyone completely missed the divine significance of the KAZOO!? What say...

Describe the way your church does worship through music and tell us why you do it that way. Talk about the songs you choose, how they are chosen (and who has say in what is chosen), the way a typical worship set goes, does it stop and start or is it one continuous flow of music; how much time...

Did anyone watch the interview on Enough Rope this week with ex-Hillsong member Tanya Levin? What are your responses and thoughts on watching this? Have you read her book that has just come out?

Is it better to have a ministry-driven church or a relationally-driven church? Some churches have a progressive and active culture of getting into serving and people build their lives around building the church through excellence in those areas. Other churches have a culture of relating well and...

How does your church address the concerns of those who may be bitter about life due to hardship, poverty or dysfuntional or abusive families, or cynical about christianity? What I mean is the people that seem to be much in the 'too hard' basket. Going to my curent church it's all about destiny...

At what stage should a christian take social action against a phenomenon in secular society that goes against the values of christianity? Recent posts elsewhere have surprised me in regard to the issue of responding to a gay and lesbian mardi gras held annually in Sydney - where homosexuals...

Is Your Church Keeping Your Newcomer Inflow? In another thread someone said that it seems that Pentecostal churches in Australia are growing faster and taking in more people than vangelical and mainline denominations, but are retaining their inflow of new people less than those in evangelical...

Which one is yours?

There are churches with many people, but not always are such churches filled with disciples and disciple-making christians. How is your church in terms of discipleship? And what do you think needs to happen to help your church get there?

Another Mardi Gras has just passed by. What is a christian to do about it, or with it, or whatever? What concerns me is that it is becoming a pretty acceptable event, not only locally but also gaining attention from overseas. So what is a christian response to it?

I'd like your help on this scenario, fellow brothers and sister in Christ - it's one someone I've been hearing news about is going through: Bruce has several family members going through cancer. They were christians, but now that they have cancer and prayed for healing, they find that there is...

I'd like your help on this scenario, fellow brothers and sister in Christ - it's one someone I've been hearing news about is going through: Bruce has several family members going through cancer. They were christians, but now that they have cancer and prayed for healing, they find that there is...

My old church, a Presbyterian one, has just inducted a new minister for the English congregation (it's a chinese church). Now they took seven years to find this guy. I've also know of another case of an evangelical church that took several years to find a right candidate. There have been...