Faithfulness

Evangelist Vance Havner wrote, “My father was faithful to the house of God. When he felt like it and when he didn’t, when the preaching was good and when it wasn’t, my father was there.”

Today’s crowd isn’t quite so faithful, nor is our society very helpful. A group of churches in New Jersey recently issued an appeal to public and private sports leagues to refrain from scheduling games before noon on Sunday. Fewer and fewer families were in church because of children’s sporting events.

A congregation in Andover, Massachusetts, recently conducted a marketing survey to find out when people could attend church. The most common response: Saturday at 5 pm. because their Sundays were all but booked.

Turning Points,

April 2004

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Ephesians 4:1-6, Acts 2:46

Faithfulness, Church, Church Attendance