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“Oh, that God the gift would give us to  see ourselves as others see us" Robert Burnes The Declining Church Tom Bandy observed, during his recent visit to Australia, that the decline of

Background to Dialogue The following paper by Doris Lax and response by Tom Bandy were part of the presentations to the annual meeting of the North American Paul Tillich Society in November 2000.

Leading congregational leaders to deepening their spiritual discipline and breaking through to a new sense of mission…a story… What happens when denominational issues impact upon the local congregation? What happens when these issues

“Giving USA”, the definitive publication on charitable giving, has recently come out with their 2004 issue which has the giving numbers for 2003. The results are not very good, but somewhat expected. For

. . . in a New Language A new language emerges out of the ashes of modernism. It is decidedly the language of metaphor, and it will definitely ride a wave of emotion.

On February 1, 2000, my heart pounded with excitement, gratitude and joy, as young, African American students from the Senior High across the street, walked tentatively over to the brick-framed house two congregations