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                <title><![CDATA[Churches continue to grow in the face of persecution across the globe: report]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2026-07-20 11:39:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Christian congregations are expanding in some of the world’s most hostile countries even as an estimated 380 million believers face persecution each year for their faith, according to a report from the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern.]]></description>
                                    <author>Anugrah Kumar</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Todd Wagner on disruptive faith, dead churches, and why so many Christians aren’t growing]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/video/todd-wagner-on-dead-churches-why-christians-arent-growing.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2026-06-03 09:42:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[In a powerful and candid conversation, former Watermark Community Church pastor Todd Wagner opens up about launching Unhindered, a ministry inspired by the final word of the book of Acts: “unhindered.” After more than two decades leading one of Dallas’ most influential churches, Wagner shares why he believes the modern church faces a spiritual leadership crisis.]]></description>
                                    <author>Billy Hallowell</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Does counting worship attendance still make sense for churches?]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2025-07-29 07:46:15</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Why does my church count everyone each week?]]></description>
                                    <author>Sam Rainer</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[10 reasons why the Pentecostal Church is growing in the US]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2025-02-01 07:15:52</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[While many traditional denominations are struggling to maintain their numbers, the Pentecostal and charismatic churches in the United States are experiencing continued growth.]]></description>
                                    <author>Joseph Mattera</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[The perils of a checklist pastor]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2024-06-06 07:12:12</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Then the pastor said those words that stuck with me: “I have to get my checklist done every week.”]]></description>
                                    <author>Thom S. Rainer</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Jack Graham on church growth, furthering the Gospel and the obligation to Israel]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/video/jack-graham-on-church-growth-furthering-the-gospel.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2024-10-27 07:12:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Jack Graham, lead pastor of Prestonwood Bible Church, discusses church growth, furthering the Gospel and why Christians should support Israel.]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why churches should avoid seeker-sensitive concepts]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-churches-should-avoid-seeker-sensitive-concepts.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2024-02-22 07:37:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The focus of the seeker-sensitive church then is not Christ-centered but man-centered. The main purpose of the seeker-sensitive church’s existence is to give people what they want or meet their felt needs.]]></description>
                                    <author>Oscar Amaechina</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[It’s time to release churches from the myth of infinite expansion]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/its-time-to-release-churches-from-the-myth-of-infinite-expansion.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2023-10-01 07:44:04</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Every church has limiting factors. No church grows exponentially every year. Infinite expansion isn’t possible.]]></description>
                                    <author>Sam Rainer</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Church of England proposal seeks to rent out poorly attended churches, wait for 'future growth']]></title>
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                <pubDate>2023-07-02 20:34:57</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[To combat dwindling congregations and a significant drop in regular worship, the Church of England has proposed a plan to rent out underused parish churches instead of selling them, allowing them to “lie fallow” with the potential for future reopening.]]></description>
                                    <author>Anugrah Kumar</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Building a Jesus church and lifestyle for a turbulent world (part 1)]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/building-a-jesus-church-and-lifestyle-in-a-topsy-turvy-world.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2023-01-18 06:02:03</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[We abandoned the quest for church growth, and focused instead on church lifestyle, based on Jesus’s model.  Soon we were discovering that as we seek Jesus’s style, “growth happens.”]]></description>
                                    <author>Wallace B. Henley</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Church attendance stagnates amid return to in-person services: Pew]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2022-03-29 10:39:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The percentage of Americans who say they have attended religious services in the last month has leveled off as more churches and houses of worship have lifted various COVID-19 meeting restrictions and safety precautions, according to a Pew Research Center study. 
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                                    <author>Nicole VanDyke</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Craig Groeschel's Life.Church to open 40th campus at new facility in Kansas]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2022-03-22 14:20:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Life.Church, the multisite megachurch overseen by Pastor Craig Groeschel, will be opening its 40th satellite campus next week, with the new facility located in Kansas.]]></description>
                                    <author>Michael Gryboski</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[9 realities your church will face in 2022]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2021-10-14 10:37:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Presuming we get on the other side of COVID by the end of this year, the picture for churches in America is mostly clear. Of course, none of us can know the future with certainty, and another COVID spike could change the conversation dramatically.]]></description>
                                    <author>Thom S. Rainer</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[12 traits of churches doing well during the pandemic]]></title>
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                <pubDate>2021-09-21 08:19:38</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[So, what are these churches doing? As I examined the data and traits of healthy churches, I saw twelve recurring themes. To be clear, many churches are doing some of these items, but the churches I examined are doing all twelve items.]]></description>
                                    <author>Thom S. Rainer</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[How can we measure church growth post-COVID?]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-to-measure-church-growth-post-covid.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2021-07-23 08:20:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[We know that Covid-19 brought a shift in the way that churches operate and reach their audiences, but which of these trends are here to stay and how will the landscape of church change from 2020 on?]]></description>
                                    <author>William Vanderbloemen</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why so many empty churches? A reminder and warning for Southern Baptists]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-so-many-empty-churches.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2021-06-14 05:47:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[In my hometown, prominently sitting high on a hill, is an old and empty Episcopal church. No one attends there anymore. ]]></description>
                                    <author>Mark Creech</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Preparing for church growth: Why hiring can’t wait for the fall]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/preparing-for-church-growth-why-hiring-cant-wait-for-the-fall.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2021-06-07 06:03:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Our team had the pleasure of hearing from Shawn Lovejoy, Founder and CEO of CourageToLead, on trends he s seeing in churches across the country Here are his predictions for 2021 that will impact your staffing strategy this spring, summer, and fall ]]></description>
                                    <author>William Vanderbloemen</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[8 joys of church revitalization]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/8-joys-of-church-revitalization.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2021-05-28 09:03:52</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Church revitalization is hard work. Most of the time, the task requires turning around a ship that has been floating in the wrong direction for a long time – and it’s easy to give up too soon. If you’re in a church revitalization situation, either as a pastor or a lay leader, I hope this post about some of the joys of revitalization is encouraging to you. ]]></description>
                                    <author>Chuck Lawless</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[What does the rapidly declining birthrate mean for churches?]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/what-does-the-rapidly-declining-birthrate-mean-for-churches.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2021-05-24 18:04:15</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[New provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed the U.S. birthrate dropping for a sixth consecutive year. But look at these additional eye-opening facts: ]]></description>
                                    <author>Thom S. Rainer</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[7 'old-fashioned' church growth ideas to consider today]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/7-old-fashioned-church-growth-ideas-to-consider-today.html]]></link>
                <pubDate>2021-03-28 08:22:00</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[As I think back across 40 years of full-time ministry, I’m reminded of some older ways we did church then that could still work today. ]]></description>
                                    <author>Chuck Lawless</author>
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