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Eric Hoey is the Director of Evangelism and Church Growth for the General Assembly Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He hopes to build a culture of faith sharing among individuals in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who have a passion for church growth. This blog considers what the gospel asks of the church in the 21st century.

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February 20, 2008

Facing the Decline of the PCUSA Head-On!

Eric Hoey

Stats1 I often receive letters of concern about what the Evangelism and Church Growth ministry area going to do about the decline of the denomination. There are some things we can do, but in reality, the bulk of the responsibility of growing our denomination falls upon the faithful work of each of our congregations. If every Presbyterian could share their faith with one person within the next 4 years, I believe we could easily stop the decline of our church. Here in the offices of Evangelism and Church Growth, we are committed to providing resources to our congregations and presbyteries in the following ways:

  1. INSPIRE our denomination to share their faith. We are committed to telling the stories throughout our denomination of faithful evangelism and church growth efforts. We plan to offer models of evangelism and church growth that are working well to inspire our churches to grow.
  2. INSTRUCT our denomination with tools on particular church growth issues. Many of our offices offer seminars to help congregations ultimately grow in a variety of ways. (See our website www.pcusa.org/churchgrowth)
  3. INTERCONNECT our denomination through collaborative networks, funding sources, and others who are addressing the same issues of growing our churches across the country.

God is at work in the national offices of the Presbyterian Church. We are deeply committed to offering the world a visible witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Is God at work in your church? I would love to hear about it.

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