God's Ecclesia Paradigm

Tradition That Kills the Word

Why are there over 45,000 Christian denominations in the world rooted in only one Bible, one Savior, and one Holy Spirit who inspired the New Testament describing the Ecclesia (Church)? Jesus said there is only one nullifying (destroying) thing to the Word of God—tradition! So much of what happens in churches today is repetition of vain rituals, only making people feel religious and not fulfilling the Great Commission of either converting the lost or discipling the saints. Churches are dying, the youth view them as irrelevant, and are leaving for lack of life-changing power or excitement. This book is a wake-up call to the church, a handbook on how to grow a congregation and an audit of 23 different churches and their traditions. We are losing our generation because we don’t love sinners and we don’t care enough about our church members to train them like Apostle Paul did.

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