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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
Then why aren't Pentecostal churches bursting at the seams? We believe in the infilling of the Spirit, our churches are alive, lives are changed, etc. etc. We lose people just as quickly as other churches do. Our teenagers are hitting the door just as quickly as the ones at the other churches.
I don't personally think Noah and the Ark is what's keeping them out, either, but something is missing. Something more than just lack of 'power' and 'changed lives'.
(I personally think what is missing is true relationship with Jesus....somehow a lot of people just aren't getting that)
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One of the issues I can see is that "church" today is a corporation, a money making enterprise. It's business. Those who attend house churches are far more satisfied with their spirituality than Christians who attend church. Why? The fellowship is deep, private, and intimate. Church is a Sunday show with entertaining music and message. Sadly, the way we do church doesn't lend itself to "intimate relationship" between each other or Jesus.
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