Where Have All the Christians Gone?

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I just read an article on Fox by Ben Feiler that was talking about the decline of Christianity in America. The article does not spend all of its time pointing out the downfall of Christianity in America, but also points out some of the solutions to the problem based on their study. Here are a few of the issues or wake-up calls that arose from the study:

First, catering to older believers is a recipe for failure; younger Americans are tuning out.

Second, Americans are interested in God, but they don’t think existing institutions are helping them draw closer to God.

Finally, Americans’ interest in religion has not always been stable. It dipped following the Revolution and again following Civil War. In both cases it rebounded because religious institutions adapted and found new ways of relating to everyday Americans.

Go read the entire article HERE and then come back and Join the Conversation.

What do you see as the biggest decline in the church? Where is the biggest disconnect between the church & everyday Americans?

What’s the solution?

Off the Blogs: This Thursday Night

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This Thursday night, February 26th I have the opportunity to volunteer at the Off the Blogs event taking place after the One Day Catalyst Conference. Here’s the details:

When: Thursday, Feb 26th – 7:30 PM

OFF THE BLOGS is a night of conversation with three of the most influential bloggers in the ministry world, Jon Acuff, Anne Jackson and Carlos Whittaker, hosted by Pete Wilson with worship by Aaron Keyes. OFF THE BLOGS is a special evening of authenticity and truth. A night to take off what doesn’t matter and celebrate what does.

Cost:

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here. Registration is free for Catalyst ONE DAY Atlanta attenders. Just pick up a wrist-band at the registration area.

Where:

3372 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30326

OFF THE BLOGS will be held at Christian Church Buckhead at 3372 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA (click here for directions)

I hope to see you there! For more information, visit the Off the Blogs website: http://www.offtheblogs.com


Busy as a Bee

How busy is a bee…really?

My blogging may be very sporadic, even more than it has been over the next 2-3 weeks.

I may just blink and wake up and realize that it is April.

I have so much going on right now I can’t get sidetracked right now.

Who know’s as something happens I may just post it and keep it short and sweet. I’ll be back to normal soon.

Hang in there with me 🙂

This May Hurt A Little…

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I am starting my blog move to WordPress.org – If you come to my blog by the address of http://www.nickcarnes.com and you can’t access the blog one day, go to http://www.nickcarnes.wordpress.com, as I will still be updating my blog here at .com until I get everything working. I am going to try and make a subdomain to build my site in, however I have never done that, and there is the potential for me to break something…so my hopes are not to break it, but it could happen!

When its all said and done, nickcarnes.com will be the domain forever going forward. Thank you for your patience with my move 🙂

New Blog Coming Soon!

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I’ve spent the last week or so working with a couple of different blogs on the WordPress.org platform. I love it! Its complicated, but its fluid…meaning I have total control of my site. I love the challenge of playing with the code to customize the look and feel to the way I like it. I do not know a lot of code, so I’ve broken the other sites I’ve been playing with several times, but fortunately as I learn it (thanks to free info through Google) I am able to fix it back! Oh, I’ve got to give credit to the web designer tools through Firefox too!

To be honest, I hate my blog design here on WordPress.com, but it is the only 3 column layout that works for me, all of that will change when I switch to WordPress.org. Beyond the look of my blog, I am going to be able to add various different elements that .com does not allow.

I can’t wait…hopefully soon you will come to nickcarnes.com and see a whole new site! Its going to be a beautiful thing 🙂