TRBC Podcast - David Dunlap - No Little Places Pt. 6

David Dunlap

No Little Places • Sermon • Submitted 3 years ago • Presented 3 years ago • 1:16:55

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Well here we are at Part 6, our final episode of our series with David Dunlap talking about his upcoming book "No Little Places" Pour your life into serving God in a Small church. Some of Jesus final words "go into all the world and preach the Gospel, to every creature." Arguably one of the toughest assignments we have. In our final episode of the series we are going to talk about how a small assembly can reach the community for Christ.

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Evangelical Church
Figures & Statistics
From: James McDonald “Walking in the Word” Ministries/Francis Schaffer Institute

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In 1950 - 375,000 churches - 2015 - 250,000 —1/3 less
evangelical churches. In 1915 - 500,000 churches.

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Of the 250,000 churches 80% (200,000) are either
stagnant or declining.

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4,000 churches close their doors every year.

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3,500 people leave the church every single day.

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Of 46,000 Southern Baptist Churches 80% see “0 to 1”
baptized of the 12-29 year old age group.

Jehovah Witnesses
Statistics

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In 1947 - Reached 1,000,000 (one million followers)

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Today 2015 - 19,950,019 (nearly 20 million) 80 percent in
North America

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In the US, there are 1 Jehovah Witness for every 249
people.

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Jehovah Witnesses hold 9,499,933 (9 1/2 million) Bible
studies every month.

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Reported Percent of growth 16% - Critics report 2.2 higher
than any evangelical denomination.

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