August 5, 2007
How One Church Is Leaving a Legacy
By Thomas F. Jones Jr. Death is the end of the natural order of things. A body wears out and dies. This is true of local churches as well as human beings. Perhaps the greatest church in the New Testament was at Antioch, but there is no evidence of that church today. It died. Its legacy is found in the churches that were started after Antioch. Today some 4,000 churches a year in America close their doors. This number is likely to increase as our parents and grandparents die. There is hope. As Christians we are assured death does not
