As a fellow Southern Baptist and the wife of a music minister, I have my own ideas about why the church membership is declining. I think we have exalted ourselves and denied a high view of God.
I may be weird, but declining numbers might be a good thing. Maybe we will quit counting nickels and noses and look to see who is truly regenerate in our congregations.
A native of Houston, Texas, Todd served as youth pastor in churches in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Todd was called as the first pastor of Metro East Baptist Church in September of 1999. In November 2008 Todd became the Teaching Pastor of Church of the Saviour in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Following a call to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), Todd became the Lead Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, VA in August of 2013.
He is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Todd and his wife, Karen, have been married since 1990 and have three children: Kate, Ryan, and Matthew.
"Therefore the Christ who is grasped by faith and who lives in the heart is the true Christian righteousness, on account of which God counts us righteous and grants us eternal life."
Martin Luther
"The Gospel is sheer good tidings, not demand but promise, not duty but gift."
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As a fellow Southern Baptist and the wife of a music minister, I have my own ideas about why the church membership is declining. I think we have exalted ourselves and denied a high view of God.
I may be weird, but declining numbers might be a good thing. Maybe we will quit counting nickels and noses and look to see who is truly regenerate in our congregations.
mmw,
Our quest in SBC churches for ever larger crowds is probably the leading factor in unregenerate church membership. It's epidemic.
By the way, I like your thoughts on how you'd like to "do church."
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