The Power of POV May 1, 2009
Posted by Dan R. Dick in Congregational Life, Religion in the U.S., Spiritual Trends.Tags: mega-church, Religious Trends
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One day last month, I sat down and sifted through a mounting stack of articles on my desk. I found a number of articles on ‘mega-churches’ all published within a few days of each other. What was most striking was that they were saying incredibly different things. USA Today talked about the decline in mega-churches and the mounting struggles to reach new audiences. 
The Hartford Institute for Religion Research published a paper talking about the growing influence of the mega-church. Another article picked up on the “fact” that mega-churches are replacing denominations as sources for training and resources, while another article analyzed the phenomenon that many churches are getting “fed up” with the poor quality and questionable theology of the training and resources coming from mega-churches. Having recently visited and interviewed some leaders in a couple mega-churches (not United Methodist… of course “mega-church” and “Methodist” are kind of a contradiction in terms…), I found myself drawing a simple conclusion – each and every one of these articles was right.
New on United Methodeviations May 1, 2009
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New month, new stuff. Check out:
Best Books review of Generation to Generation by Edwin Freidman
Buzz highlights the film Lars and the Real Girl (you gotta see it…) and the books and TV series — The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Generosity is the Fruit of the Month in May
And this week’s articles generating the most comments and interest –
