Englewood Strengths And Weakness

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Envision a rural town settled amid a lush landscape of rolling hills and verdant foliage. Within this town, one may find a gas station, a bank, and a local diner. One may also discover numerous religious bodies that reside within its boundaries. Although this town is minute compared to its much larger neighbors to the north and south, it still possesses a valuable body of the Lord’s people. The place which I reference is Englewood, Tennessee. Located in the southeastern portion of the state, this small and rustic town is home to approximately two-thousand people. Within this little place, a congregation by the name of the Englewood church of Christ lay in the middle of it. This is the place where I currently work as a servant on behalf of the brothers and sisters there, and it is a place that I aim to briefly evaluate both its strong and weak points. STRENGTHS OF THE ENGLEWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST Each congregation of the Lord’s people contains …show more content…

There are four obvious problems that immediately fill my mind as I ponder these issues. The first is a common problem among many congregations: effective evangelism. Most of the members of the Englewood congregation simply do not evangelize; and if they do, it is a passing mention rather than a dedicated conversation about the church. Unfortunately, this issue springs from a much larger problem: the average age of the members. Our oldest member is ninety years old, and, besides myself, the youngest is fifty-two. A vast majority of the membership is above the age of seventy, and this creates many hindrances to reaching out to others and making the congregation attractive. Furthermore, the age of the members is a constant worry to the stability of the congregation. At any given moment one of them could depart from this life, and it would be a huge discouragement to all of

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