The ‘rainmakers’ are having a notice for the public in the local paper today, that they are going to conduct a ceremony to create rain for mother earth.

The water crisis is getting worse and spreading to Kawakawa and Moerewa.

We humans want to be independent. But we are dependent beings – we are dependent on God, our creator. We are dependent on God for everything. He is in charge. He is also in charge of the weather.

Maybe the day is yet coming when all the brothers and sisters of the  different churches in Kaitaia will come together in one place to ask God for rain!

65 % of Baptist Churches in New Zealand are no longer healthy. With other words they do not pass the warrant of fitness (WOF)!

Do you belong to a Baptist Church in New Zealand? Is the Baptist Church you are going to healthy? Or is it a church that does not pass the warrant of fitness?

Lots of questions.

I am more than interested in the present subject. In fact there is also a post on this subject on this blog. I wrote that long ago.

I gleaned the above information from an article in the March ‘BAPTIST’ written by Murray Robertson. Get hold of the March ‘Baptist’ and read the article called “WE’RE STUCK! KNOW WHY?” (page 6!)

Ps M. Robertson: (Pastor Emeritus, Spreydon Baptist Church –  Director, Leadership Network)

Why have so many Baptist churches stopped growing? Ps. Robertson gives several reasons.

At the end he is pointing out that the main cause for the  demise ‘might lie in the loss of a passion for evangelism’.

Yes, I think we have lost the passion for the lost!

I believe that another cause is actually that we are lacking good BIBLE TEACHING from the pulpits!

A leader destined for success asks, “What can I do to improve?”

A leader destined for failure says, “That’s the way it’s always been done.”

Which are you?