In 1950, the population of our nation was 150,600,000 people, while our population today is 306 million people. Even though the population of our nation has more than doubled, and our convention has at least 17,060 more churches than we did in 1950, we still baptized 33,887 less people in 2008 than we did in 1950. This should break our hearts and put us on our knees. If we are honest with ourselves, it is hard to defend that we are holding our own or doing as well as we can. How can we even think this when we are not reaching the present generation of teenagers? In 1972, we baptized 140,000 teenagers and in 2008, we baptized only 75,000 teenagers. May God help us.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
GCR (Great Commission Resurgence) Report on February 22
This statement in the report alone is humbling.
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Ouch. You can't argue with numbers. We each must ask ourselves how am I contributing or not contributing to God' kingdom.
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