Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds to Churches

The sudden crush of worshipers packing the small evangelical Shelter Rock Church in Manhasset, New York - a Long Island town of yacht clubs and hedge fund managers - forced the pastor to set up an overflow room with closed-circuit TV and 100 folding chairs, which have been filled for six consecutive Sundays.

In Seattle, the Mars Hill Church, one of the fastest-growing evangelical churches in the country, grew to 7,000 members this fall, up 1,000 ... Full Story »

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Matt Collette
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by Matt Collette - Dec. 27, 2008

This article does a really good job combining historic trends with what is happening now. Also, the reasons why envangelical churches are growing faster than other denominations - that they're more flexible, for example - are reasonable and well sourced.

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