By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League April 1, 2021 This week the Washington Post reported on a Gallup poll that says church membership has fallen below the majority in America for the first time. In 2020, less than 50% of American adults attend a church, synagogue, or mosque. That’s down by 20 points since […]
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Virginia Governor: No Government Should Diminish What God’s Economy Freely Affords.
By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 18, 2020 I live in the Tar Heel state, the great state of North Carolina. My wife, Kim, hails from Norfolk, Virginia. So over our 41 years of marriage, I’ve come to love the Old Dominion State. Only days after a lawsuit was filed against coronavirus restrictions […]
Ours is a Meddling Church
By Graham R. Hodges Christian Action League December 10, 2020 The following article was first published in ‘The Christian Advocate’ and reprinted in the June 1952 issue of ‘Tomorrow’ magazine. ‘Tomorrow’ was the journal of the Allied Church League, the organization that would become the Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc. Although the article […]
Operation: Church Body Edition
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “A man had visited church after church trying to find a congenial congregation, and finally he stopped at a little church just as the congregation was participating in a responsive reading with the minister, ‘We have left undone those things we ought to have done, and we have done […]
Corporate Public Worship is a Must, Even during a Pandemic
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueJuly 17, 2020 One of the most significant passages of Scripture is one in which Luke calls attention to a habitual practice of Jesus. Luke says that when our Lord came to Nazareth, His hometown, He went to the synagogue, “as His custom was, on the Sabbath day” (Luke 4:16). […]
COVID 19 Hymn
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When I was a pastor (20-year tenure), after inviting a prospective member to the church, sometimes the person would say, “Well, pastor, I believe I can worship just as well by watching a service on television or hearing a minister preach on the radio.” I would respond, “Going to […]
Governor Cooper’s Ex. Order for Churches: Unclear or Totally Unfair?
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueMay 14, 2020 Just unclear or totally unfair? More than a week after Roy Cooper signed an order designed to begin easing COVID-19 restrictions and days after he released a second written statement offering further “guidance for religious services,” many church and civic leaders across North Carolina are still unsure of […]