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65 % of Baptist Churches in New Zealand do not pass the Warrant of Fitness

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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!

“…..another magical day…”

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It was not the first time that I saw the ice cream truck parked there near the petrol station and that I read what was written on the front of the truck. This time I was able to write it down on my mobile phone and send the text to twitter. “Delivering another magical day to New Zealand” was written on the Tip Top ice cream truck.

I was sitting down on the nearby bench while writing down the sentence about the ‘magical day’. – And I was not aware that the Lord was in fact preparing another ‘magical day’ for me.

I was not the only one sitting on the bench. There was already someone else occupying the seat.

As ‘it happened’ we got talking and I came across another person who really has a living relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Did we talk for more than half an hour? I do not know. But I know that I prayed at the end of our gathering and the Lord Jesus Christ was with us according to his promise. Matthew 18:20