http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16519/superstar-pastors-pose-challenge Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:22:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16519/superstar-pastors-pose-challenge#comment-52 SmartChristian.com » Blog Archive » Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:15:32 +0000 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16519/superstar-pastors-pose-challenge#comment-52 [...] Superstar Pastors.  The cult of a personality plagues mega-churches.  It is not good.  [...] [...] Superstar Pastors.  The cult of a personality plagues mega-churches.  It is not good.  [...]

]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16519/superstar-pastors-pose-challenge#comment-51 Thanks be to God I belong to the Catholic Church and not Karol Wojtyla Ministries « Carrying the Torch Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:06:26 +0000 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16519/superstar-pastors-pose-challenge#comment-51 [...] Superstar Pastors Pose Challenge But Randall Balmer, a Barnard College historian of American religion, said megachurches are so wrapped up with their pastor that New Life [the church founded by the disgraced Ted Haggard — Torch Bearer] inevitably has hard times ahead. Without any creed or denominational identity for the church to cling to, attendance will eventually drop by half or more, he predicted. [...] [...] Superstar Pastors Pose Challenge But Randall Balmer, a Barnard College historian of American religion, said megachurches are so wrapped up with their pastor that New Life [the church founded by the disgraced Ted Haggard — Torch Bearer] inevitably has hard times ahead. Without any creed or denominational identity for the church to cling to, attendance will eventually drop by half or more, he predicted. [...]

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