More to The Story: The First Church

Acts 2:42-47

‌INTRODUCTION

Jawanza Kunjufu, who has written a book concerning black churches in America, says that only 10 to 20% of churches are empowering people to be bold witnesses for Jesus Christ. According to him, the other 80-90% of American churches fall into the entertainment or containment categories, just keeping their doors open on Sunday. One reason for this is that in many churches, whether black or white, man-made opinions and traditions that have been handed down over the years are held in higher esteem than the Holy Scriptures handed down by God.

Did you know that the United States is the third largest unchurched nation in the world and that North America is the only continent where Christianity is not growing? Add to that that more than 80 percent of all churches in the United States are plateauing or declining, and we have some monumental issues in the church in America.

We tend to equate successful churches with great churches, and that simply isn't the case. Having a lot of mone…