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NASB | Acts 2:47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:47 praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved. |
Bible Question: Is there Biblical support for the many church-building (adding new members or turning around a dwindling congregation - not physically putting up a building) programs in existance? Our church is going through one such program and I do not see how it is New Testament based. I'm thinking it's simply church-history based. Am I missing something? |
Bible Answer: Welcome, Eric; Short answer: If the program itself in Biblical, it's Biblical. There's nothing inherently Biblical or un-Biblical about the existence of such a program. Long answer: God wants his church to grow. As long as the program itself is ethical and scripturally sound, I wouldn't worry about it. If its purpose is to reach out to the community and bring people into fellowship with the Body of Christ, that's Biblical. If the purpose is to grow the budget to fund a new softball diamond, I'd be concerned. If the program tries to attract members of other churches, that's divisive. If the program is expensive and has serious long-term impact on missions and other forms of outreach, that seems to miss the point of the Great Commission. But if we worried about the mechanics of running a church today v. NT times, we wouldn't have heat, air conditioning, Sunday school, hymnals, or bulletins. (Elsewhere on the forum, there's a long list of things we wouldn't have.) We wouldn't have a sound system, we wouldn't tape our services, and we certainly wouldn't breathe a word of our existence on radio or TV. That's my .02 of a dollar; hope it's helpful. Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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